http://dzone.com/links/tag/server.html DZone: fresh links for developers en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:30:44 GMT The DZone community 2008-08-20T23:30:44Z en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. http://dzone.com/links/feed/frontpage/server/rss.xml http://www.dzone.com/images/std/dzone.com_258x55.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/ http://dzone.com/links/rss/the_linkedin_blog_jdbc_connection_pooling_for_rai.html In Light Engineering (LED), we’re known to be multilingual – depending on the project, we’ve been known to speak Perl, Python, Java, C++, Javascript and PHP, to name a few. Our weapon of choice is still Ruby on Rails, the popular MVC framework. Out belief is that Rails makes certain types of tasks easy, and others laughably trivial. java ruby server web design Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:52:08 GMT http://dzone.com/links/105296.html Thierry.Lefort 2008-08-20T20:52:08Z In Light Engineering (LED), we’re known to be multilingual – depending on the project, we’ve been known to speak Perl, Python, Java, C++, Javascript and PHP, to name a few. Our weapon of choice is still Ruby on Rails, the popular MVC framework. Out belief is that Rails makes certain types of tasks easy, and others laughably trivial.]]> 105296 2008-08-20T09:45:03Z 2008-08-20T20:52:08Z 6 0 30 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105296.jpg Thierry.Lefort http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252611.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/cloudoriented_architecture_coa.html With all the hype this year about cloud computing and things like Amazon EC2/S3 as well as Google App Engine and Bigtable, you can feel it coming. Soon vendors will be peddling COA (Cloud-Oriented Architecture) solutions, probably combining them with their SOA solution and somehow probably getting their ESB solution into the mix as well. This past weekend at the Enterprise Architecture BOF at the Southern Ohio Software Symposium, we had a discussion about cloud computing among other things. Ted Neward even coined the term "Enterprise Service Cloud" and I came up with "Cloud Service Bus," surely the next Big Thing. Any vulture (I mean, venture) capitalists out there want to invest in my new Cloud Service Bus company? I have a pretty brochure ready to go! opinion server trends Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:24:41 GMT http://dzone.com/links/105088.html aslamkhn 2008-08-20T06:24:41Z With all the hype this year about cloud computing and things like Amazon EC2/S3 as well as Google App Engine and Bigtable, you can feel it coming. Soon vendors will be peddling COA (Cloud-Oriented Architecture) solutions, probably combining them with their SOA solution and somehow probably getting their ESB solution into the mix as well. This past weekend at the Enterprise Architecture BOF at the Southern Ohio Software Symposium, we had a discussion about cloud computing among other things. Ted Neward even coined the term "Enterprise Service Cloud" and I came up with "Cloud Service Bus," surely the next Big Thing. Any vulture (I mean, venture) capitalists out there want to invest in my new Cloud Service Bus company? I have a pretty brochure ready to go!]]> 105088 2008-08-19T18:16:45Z 2008-08-20T06:24:41Z 13 0 273 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105088.jpg aslamkhn http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/276360.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/mysql_606_alpha_released_introduces_maria.html MySQL 6.0.6-alpha, a new version of the MySQL database system has been released and intoduces two new storage engines most interesting Maria. announcement database server Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:35:50 GMT http://dzone.com/links/105161.html Volume4 2008-08-20T04:35:50Z MySQL 6.0.6-alpha, a new version of the MySQL database system has been released and intoduces two new storage engines most interesting Maria.]]> 105161 2008-08-19T22:21:55Z 2008-08-20T04:35:50Z 10 0 389 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105161.jpg Volume4 http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/cloud_computing_with_amazon_web_services_part_2_s.html New introductory article on S3 written by one of the members of the Ylastic team published by IBM Developerworks. java server web 2.0 web services Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:14:07 GMT http://dzone.com/links/105027.html pchaganti 2008-08-19T17:14:07Z New introductory article on S3 written by one of the members of the Ylastic team published by IBM Developerworks.]]> 105027 2008-08-19T15:06:55Z 2008-08-19T17:14:07Z 14 0 263 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105027.jpg pchaganti http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/219954.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/piwik_the_best_open_source_google_analytics_alter.html Ever have a surge in traffic but not realize what happened until four hours later because you're using Google Analytics? Perhaps you want to show off your traffic in an attractive and easily embeddable format? Let me introduce you to the truly analytical world of a great open source program named Piwik. ajax open source server web 2.0 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:16:02 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104738.html thedailyapp 2008-08-19T15:16:02Z Ever have a surge in traffic but not realize what happened until four hours later because you're using Google Analytics? Perhaps you want to show off your traffic in an attractive and easily embeddable format? Let me introduce you to the truly analytical world of a great open source program named Piwik.]]> 104738 2008-08-18T20:56:21Z 2008-08-19T15:16:02Z 11 0 361 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104738.jpg thedailyapp http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/325751.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/apache_geronimo_still_interesting_still_troubling.html I tried Apache Geronimo a little bit in the 1.0 era, mostly just to see what all the talk was about. It looked like it had some interesting concepts, but had a lot of rough edges, and for the most part, I get along with simple web containers like Tomcat, so I stopped playing with it. java opinion server Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:31:41 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104677.html bloid 2008-08-19T13:31:41Z I tried Apache Geronimo a little bit in the 1.0 era, mostly just to see what all the talk was about. It looked like it had some interesting concepts, but had a lot of rough edges, and for the most part, I get along with simple web containers like Tomcat, so I stopped playing with it.]]> 104677 2008-08-18T16:49:07Z 2008-08-19T13:31:41Z 9 0 310 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104677.jpg bloid http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/ejb_3_dead_or_alive_very_alive_see_quickvote_resu.html What surprised me: the small percentage of EJB 2.X. In Germany there is still huge amount of EJB 2.0 projects. Most of them will be ported to Java EE 5 next time. The second surprise was the EJB 3 adoption. I'm using EJB 3 in several projects but the amount of 58% (in this context) is huge. I actually thought, the aggregated amount of the alternatives will be greater, than EJB 3 and 2 together, but the opposite is true. frameworks java news server Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:13:40 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104908.html Thierry.Lefort 2008-08-19T12:13:40Z What surprised me: the small percentage of EJB 2.X. In Germany there is still huge amount of EJB 2.0 projects. Most of them will be ported to Java EE 5 next time. The second surprise was the EJB 3 adoption. I'm using EJB 3 in several projects but the amount of 58% (in this context) is huge. I actually thought, the aggregated amount of the alternatives will be greater, than EJB 3 and 2 together, but the opposite is true.]]> 104908 2008-08-19T08:01:00Z 2008-08-19T12:13:40Z 11 0 343 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104908.jpg Thierry.Lefort http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252611.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/distributed_messaging_with_jetlang_and_terracotta.html The example shows how any jetlang channel can be distributed without any code changes. Applications can be coded directly against jetlang api's then distribution can be achieved with just a change of configuration. frameworks java open source server Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:57:53 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104239.html puredanger 2008-08-18T06:57:53Z The example shows how any jetlang channel can be distributed without any code changes. Applications can be coded directly against jetlang api's then distribution can be achieved with just a change of configuration.]]> 104239 2008-08-17T04:21:31Z 2008-08-18T06:57:53Z 8 0 220 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104239.jpg puredanger http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/214988.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/sql_buddy_ajax_powered_database_management.html The term “database management” sometimes sends shivers of boredom down our spine. However, when combined with terms like “Ajax” it suddenly doesn’t seem that bad, now, does it? For many, phpMyAdmin was the only answer for creating databases and managing, editing, and optimizing their current database fields and entries. Along came a relatively unknown database manager named SQL Buddy and, with a little help from Ajax, blew the competition away. ajax database open source server Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:47:30 GMT http://dzone.com/links/103968.html thedailyapp 2008-08-17T18:47:30Z The term “database management” sometimes sends shivers of boredom down our spine. However, when combined with terms like “Ajax” it suddenly doesn’t seem that bad, now, does it? For many, phpMyAdmin was the only answer for creating databases and managing, editing, and optimizing their current database fields and entries. Along came a relatively unknown database manager named SQL Buddy and, with a little help from Ajax, blew the competition away.]]> 103968 2008-08-15T21:23:31Z 2008-08-17T18:47:30Z 13 0 466 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/103968.jpg thedailyapp http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/325751.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/behold_the_64_tb_of_flash_tower_of_power.html Want to be the envy of every digital animator and movie producer in a thirty mile radius? At the Siggraph convention in Los Angeles, Texas Memory Systems is showing off a massive rack tower with 64 TB of high-speed flash memory. The rack can perform 800,000 input/output instructions per second and runs on just 2.5 kilowatts of power. Total bandwidth on this beast is 12 GB/s. announcement server trends Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:48:17 GMT http://dzone.com/links/103579.html AlvinAshcraft 2008-08-15T22:48:17Z Want to be the envy of every digital animator and movie producer in a thirty mile radius? At the Siggraph convention in Los Angeles, Texas Memory Systems is showing off a massive rack tower with 64 TB of high-speed flash memory. The rack can perform 800,000 input/output instructions per second and runs on just 2.5 kilowatts of power. Total bandwidth on this beast is 12 GB/s.]]> 103579 2008-08-14T12:41:51Z 2008-08-15T22:48:17Z 5 0 315 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/103579.jpg alashcraft http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/285573.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/mapreduce_in_erlang.html Implementing MapReduce in Erlang is unbelievably trivial. how-to other languages server Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:34:29 GMT http://dzone.com/links/103888.html puredanger 2008-08-15T20:34:29Z Implementing MapReduce in Erlang is unbelievably trivial.]]> 103888 2008-08-15T17:46:43Z 2008-08-15T20:34:29Z 12 0 213 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/103888.jpg puredanger http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/214988.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/programming_language_synchronicity_where_is_the_n.html Yesterday I spent several hours trying to find the problem with our implementation of OpenSSL Cipher, that caused the Net::SSH gem to fail miserable during negotiation and password verification. After various false leads I finally found the reason for the strange behavior. But I really can't decide if it's a bug, and if it's a bug where the bug is. Is it in Ruby's interface to OpenSSL, or is it in Net::SSH? ruby security server web 2.0 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:22:46 GMT http://dzone.com/links/103522.html Thierry.Lefort 2008-08-15T18:22:46Z Yesterday I spent several hours trying to find the problem with our implementation of OpenSSL Cipher, that caused the Net::SSH gem to fail miserable during negotiation and password verification. After various false leads I finally found the reason for the strange behavior. But I really can't decide if it's a bug, and if it's a bug where the bug is. Is it in Ruby's interface to OpenSSL, or is it in Net::SSH?]]> 103522 2008-08-14T09:40:20Z 2008-08-15T18:22:46Z 8 0 148 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/103522.jpg Thierry.Lefort http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252611.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/how_adding_another_table_to_join_can_improve_perf_2.html JOINs are expensive and it most typical the fewer tables (for the same database) you join the better performance you will get. As for any rules there are however exceptions database how-to server Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:55:24 GMT http://dzone.com/links/103677.html Volume4 2008-08-15T07:55:24Z JOINs are expensive and it most typical the fewer tables (for the same database) you join the better performance you will get. As for any rules there are however exceptions]]> 103677 2008-08-14T20:52:59Z 2008-08-15T07:55:24Z 12 0 378 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/103677.jpg Volume4 http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/hazelcast_11_released_http_session_clustering_and.html Hazelcast Webapp Manager is a http session clustering and monitoring tool for Java web applications. In short, Hazelcast takes >.war (or ear) file and creates a clustered and monitorable version of it (clustered->.war). No more losing sessions after crashes. It is that simple. To learn what Hazelcast does behind the scenes, please check out the documentation. java server Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:48:16 GMT http://dzone.com/links/103556.html jsugrue 2008-08-14T17:48:16Z Hazelcast Webapp Manager is a http session clustering and monitoring tool for Java web applications. In short, Hazelcast takes >.war (or ear) file and creates a clustered and monitorable version of it (clustered->.war). No more losing sessions after crashes. It is that simple. To learn what Hazelcast does behind the scenes, please check out the documentation.]]> 103556 2008-08-14T12:25:58Z 2008-08-14T17:48:16Z 14 0 146 1 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/103556.jpg jsugrue http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/185351.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/netty_moves_its_nest_to_jbossorg_with_its_first_r.html The Netty project has moved its nest to JBoss.org with a new release, 3.0.0.CR1. Netty is an effort to provide an asynchronous · event-driven network application framework for rapid development of maintainable high-performance · high-scalability protocol servers and clients, including its related out-of-the-box protocol extensions and tool suite. To somewhat oversimplify, it's a framework that allows you to write a NIO client and server very easily. java news open source server Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:48:09 GMT http://dzone.com/links/103407.html trustin 2008-08-14T06:48:09Z The Netty project has moved its nest to JBoss.org with a new release, 3.0.0.CR1. Netty is an effort to provide an asynchronous · event-driven network application framework for rapid development of maintainable high-performance · high-scalability protocol servers and clients, including its related out-of-the-box protocol extensions and tool suite. To somewhat oversimplify, it's a framework that allows you to write a NIO client and server very easily.]]> 103407 2008-08-14T04:10:52Z 2008-08-14T06:48:09Z 14 0 109 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/103407.jpg trustin http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/225537.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/how_to_configure_tomcat_5_and_eclipse_to_run_java.html How to get Tomcat 5.0 and Tomcat 5.5 setup in Eclipse to run How to run javac 1.5 (or beyond) compiler for JSP compilation with generics enabled (and other Java 1.5 only features like autoboxing). how-to java open source server Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:01:35 GMT http://dzone.com/links/103068.html kbilsted 2008-08-13T17:01:35Z How to get Tomcat 5.0 and Tomcat 5.5 setup in Eclipse to run How to run javac 1.5 (or beyond) compiler for JSP compilation with generics enabled (and other Java 1.5 only features like autoboxing).]]> 103068 2008-08-13T06:09:30Z 2008-08-13T17:01:35Z 6 0 164 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/103068.jpg kbilsted http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/246188.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/7_ways_to_prevent_human_error_in_the_datacenter.html If you've got a few servers you are responsible for, check out these tips to keep yourself from accidentally causing problems. Good stuff! database hardware server unix-linux Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:10:58 GMT http://dzone.com/links/102686.html slackerIII 2008-08-13T13:10:58Z If you've got a few servers you are responsible for, check out these tips to keep yourself from accidentally causing problems. Good stuff!]]> 102686 2008-08-11T21:08:57Z 2008-08-13T13:10:58Z 9 0 264 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/102686.jpg slackerIII http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/276707.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/cauchos_resin_320.html Caucho Technology has just released the latest version of the Resin application server, Resin 3.2.0. If you haven't had a chance to try Resin or haven't tried it in a while, you might be surprised at all the exciting new features. java server Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:19:22 GMT http://dzone.com/links/102666.html geertjan 2008-08-12T14:19:22Z Caucho Technology has just released the latest version of the Resin application server, Resin 3.2.0. If you haven't had a chance to try Resin or haven't tried it in a while, you might be surprised at all the exciting new features.]]> 102666 2008-08-11T19:44:59Z 2008-08-12T14:19:22Z 14 0 183 1 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/102666.jpg geertjan http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/250147.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/ehcache_project_busy_this_summer.html The EhCache project appears to be having a very busy summer. EhCache 1.5.0 (a major new version) was released on July 12th. In addition, a new (SOAP-based) EhCache Server was released at the end of July. You might ask yourself why you'd need such a beast. frameworks server Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:45:39 GMT http://dzone.com/links/102538.html bloid 2008-08-12T13:45:39Z The EhCache project appears to be having a very busy summer. EhCache 1.5.0 (a major new version) was released on July 12th. In addition, a new (SOAP-based) EhCache Server was released at the end of July. You might ask yourself why you'd need such a beast.]]> 102538 2008-08-11T11:51:20Z 2008-08-12T13:45:39Z 6 0 174 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/102538.jpg bloid http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/php_implemented_in_100_java.html Quercus allows developers to incorporate Java code into PHP web applications and gives both Java and PHP developers a fast, safe, and powerful alternative to the standard PHP interpreter. announcement java php server Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:05:56 GMT http://dzone.com/links/102476.html Thierry.Lefort 2008-08-11T13:05:56Z Quercus allows developers to incorporate Java code into PHP web applications and gives both Java and PHP developers a fast, safe, and powerful alternative to the standard PHP interpreter.]]> 102476 2008-08-11T09:17:37Z 2008-08-11T13:05:56Z 16 0 693 5 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/102476.jpg Thierry.Lefort http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252611.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/distributed_cache_latency_and_jvm_heap_size.html The big fat boxes are not exotic anymore. You can get 8 cores, 32 GB RAM machine under $5,000, which is pretty much free. A 64-bit JVM allows setting the heap size to as big as you like. Yet, it is not a good idea to put everything into a large single JVM. A better approach is to split the RAM between as set of JVMs. how-to java server Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:10:06 GMT http://dzone.com/links/102214.html imeshev 2008-08-11T01:10:06Z The big fat boxes are not exotic anymore. You can get 8 cores, 32 GB RAM machine under $5,000, which is pretty much free. A 64-bit JVM allows setting the heap size to as big as you like. Yet, it is not a good idea to put everything into a large single JVM. A better approach is to split the RAM between as set of JVMs.]]> 102214 2008-08-09T23:41:50Z 2008-08-11T01:10:06Z 15 0 349 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/102214.jpg imeshev http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/79175.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/terracotta_springsource_application_platform.html I thought I would share this with the rest of the world and maybe save humanity a few hours of trial and error. I have managed to make Terracotta (TC) play along with the release candidate 1 of SpringSource Application Platform (S2AP). frameworks java open source server Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:13:06 GMT http://dzone.com/links/101975.html puredanger 2008-08-09T15:13:06Z I thought I would share this with the rest of the world and maybe save humanity a few hours of trial and error. I have managed to make Terracotta (TC) play along with the release candidate 1 of SpringSource Application Platform (S2AP).]]> 101975 2008-08-08T14:19:02Z 2008-08-09T15:13:06Z 10 0 300 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/101975.jpg puredanger http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/214988.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/mysql_stored_procedure_not_working_as_expected_pu.html I recently spent 3 hours pulling my hair out trying to fix a MySQL stored procedure that wasn’t working as expected. I’ve boiled the ultimate problem down to a simple example below. Can you spot the problem? database server Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:47:23 GMT http://dzone.com/links/101784.html Kent Johnson 2008-08-08T21:47:23Z I recently spent 3 hours pulling my hair out trying to fix a MySQL stored procedure that wasn’t working as expected. I’ve boiled the ultimate problem down to a simple example below. Can you spot the problem?]]> 101784 2008-08-07T17:30:22Z 2008-08-08T21:47:23Z 6 0 185 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/101784.jpg kent13304 http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/209395.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/amazon_cloud_gets_huge.html Some amazing scalability!! java server tools Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:11:16 GMT http://dzone.com/links/101719.html mezmo 2008-08-08T11:11:16Z Some amazing scalability!!]]> 101719 2008-08-07T14:30:50Z 2008-08-08T11:11:16Z 9 0 870 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/101719.jpg mezmo http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/182143.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/factors_influencing_cache_design.html This post talks about the various dimensions that should be carefully examined before deciding upon the caching strategy. I would like to argue that the most difficult part of caching is not necessarily learning or selecting the caching tool but the detailed analysis of the application, its architecture and its data flow, that actually precedes the caching tool selection. I also submit that once this analysis is conducted and the various dimensions as described below well understood, the actual cache design then becomes a relatively simpler and lesser risky activity. opinion server Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:43:40 GMT http://dzone.com/links/101451.html Dhananjay Nene 2008-08-07T20:43:40Z This post talks about the various dimensions that should be carefully examined before deciding upon the caching strategy. I would like to argue that the most difficult part of caching is not necessarily learning or selecting the caching tool but the detailed analysis of the application, its architecture and its data flow, that actually precedes the caching tool selection. I also submit that once this analysis is conducted and the various dimensions as described below well understood, the actual cache design then becomes a relatively simpler and lesser risky activity.]]> 101451 2008-08-06T13:57:12Z 2008-08-07T20:43:40Z 19 0 209 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/101451.jpg dnene http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/264741.gif