Oracle9iAS Discoverer vs HP apache webserver

[lecomte_2]

concerning web server on HP-UX11i on a K380
which one is better :
the that comes with Oracle 9iAS 1.0.2.2.2
or the one HP gives ?

[Stefan Farrelly]

In my opinion the HP one is far better. HP have spent some effort testing and ensuring it works on HPUX. Our HP ones are super reliable.

[Radim Jarosek]

Hi,

it depends on what do you need.

If you need only webserver, use HP Apache. If you will use any advantages, which gives you Oracle 9iAS, install Oracle 9iAS.
Don't forget Oracle installation is huge, cca 3GB in comparison with HP Apache.



Radim

[Steven E. Protter]

The two web servers are in actuality the exact same product.

Apache is an open source product that Oracle ported and improved for inclusion in the 9ias 1.0.2.2 product.

They added modules for Oracle access.

You can run both web servers if you wish, even service the same source directories on different ports.

Both are configured with the httpd.conf file, log structures et al. Apache under the hood.

If you are looking to maximize resources you can run one or the other, and service all docs.

There are instructions with the Oracle product for adding their "oracle" and sql modules to Apache.

SEP

[lecomte_2]

Ok. thanks for your replies.
the trouble is
"The webinterface is far too slow from a NT client."
Now I have some little more precision with "javaInfo.sh" :

HP-UX Version : B.11.00 (32-bit)
Model : 9000/879/k260
CPU count : 2
CPU type : PA2.0
clock speed : 180 MHz
memory : 1020 MB

1) a lot of patches (I checked some: jfs, ndd, java...)
look good.
* B8110AA 1.2.2.14.00 Java 2 SDK for HP-UX (700/800), PA1.1 + PA2.0 Add On
* JournalFS B.11.00 The Base VxFS File System
* PHNE_26125 1.0 ndd(1M) cumulative patch
* PHKL_24011 1.0 JFS 3.3 fix panic due to FS corruption
* PHKL_24027 1.0 VxFS 3.1 comulative patch
I assume Oracle9iAS has been correctly
installed.

2) some kernel tunning might help but not that much:

maxusers 128 => 400
max_thread_proc 256 => 1200
maxfiles 1024 => 2048
maxfiles_lim 1024 => 2048
ncallout 2516 => 14512 (?)
nkthread 4391 => 2400
nfile 5416 => 5128
nproc 2500 => 2064

3) concerning tcp tunning, I couldn't chek them,
does theses might help ? :
/usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_conn_req_max 1024
/usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_xmit_hiwater_def 32768
/usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_recv_hiwater_def 32768
/usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/tcp tcp_keepalive_interval 900000

4) what about Firmware (how to check it ?)
5) I believe it's running ip4 not ip6, and so ?! Ip4 can speak well with ip6 of another HP-UX11.11, can't it ?
6) what about SSLSessionCacheTimeout ?
7) there might be a typo on hp apache webserver FAQ for the D of Q6 in performance/sizing :
"how can I use simple load balancing for servlets using HP Apache 1.3x JServ ?"
the line below need to be split (\n) before "AddModule"
LoadModule jserv_module libexec/mod_jserv.so AddModule mod_jserv.c
8) routing... I believe the Nt client is to far away, using dns, adding the k260 ip in the "c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\host" would be better ?
9) anything else ?

[Stefan Farrelly]

See this reply about java and hp-ux;

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xba8c3f9a15add711abdc0090277a778c,00.html

Very enlightening. Im my experience having a big fast cpu really helps java also on HP servers - yours is <200Mhz which is a bit old and slow. We run 750Mhz cpu's on our servers now and java is nice and quick. Also having more RAM helps as you can set the java heap size into the hundreds of MB to aid performance.