Frerk Meyer's Weblog
Googles App Engine for Java is a cheap and powerful alternative for
hosting Java (and Groovy, Scala, JRuby, ...) web applications compared
to VPS hosting. How do both compare and what are the advantages and
disadvantages of each? Which offer is better for you and your requirements?
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Virtual private servers are offered with 32-bit and 64-bit operation systems since x86-64 server hardware is deployed more frequently at hosting companies. This gives you the choice to select an 64-bit JVM or an 32-.Bit JVM. Which one should you choose?
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Java web applications don't need an Apache web server. In memory constrained systems like virtual private servers (VPS) you may get rid of the Apache web server to save memory and gain speed. The idea is to use iptables to replace port 80 in requests to port 8080 of the tomcat connector. Special problem on VPS systems are solved.[Read More]
To host your Grails / Java web application on a dedicated or virtual server (vServer) you'll need to know how much main memory your application needs and how much heap space is available to your application in a known environment. I'll give you formulas I derived from extensive experiments and rule of thumb for calculation with examples.[Read More]
