Chetan Chheda wrote: > Our management has directed us to upgrade our JRE to 1.5 from 1.4.2 because > they have "heard" that 1.5 has better memory management features. I am doing > my due diligence to present a plan on what it will take to get us there. > > The question is how do I approach this ... > > We have apache(2.0.59), Tomcat(5.0.30), and a few JVM based application > processes. Tomcat and the application processes use the same JRE(1.4.2). > > - Is tomcat 5.0.30 supported with JRE 1.5? Is it as simple as updating the > startup scripts with the new JRE path? 5.0.30 will work with 1.5 *but* the 5.0.x branch is very old, has not been updated for a long time, is very unlikely to ever see another release and almost certainly has some significant un-patched security vulnerabilities.
> - Should I be upgrading tomcat too since our version is not even supported(as > per ? Absolutely - see above. > - What is the impact to the code? Is it all backward compatible and will work > with the new JRE/tomcat version? You mat hit some issues with new keywords that were introduced. I remember enum was an issue for Tomcat. > - Where can I find a comparison of enhancements/improvements between various > tomcat versions? I saw the change log but its just too vast for me to > digest... That is the best there is I am afraid. 5.0.x-> 5.5.x was a re-factor for performance 5.5.x-> 6.0.x was mainly a spec update Generally, the later the version, the more bugs that have been fixed. > - What is the impact to Apache/Mod_jk configurations? On the httpd side, zero. For Tomcat you might need to tweak the connector config a little. Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
