Question
Marsh
US
Last activity: 22 Sep 2017 2:20 EDT
Did PEGA Supports Tomcat?
Currently we are using WebSphere Application Server for our PEGA application. We got a request from our management that shell we use tomcat instead of Websphere and asking us what will be the impact on application and application performance?
I raised PEGA SR to get more details but PEGA requested me to post the query in pega community center.
Can you please answer my below questions.
What is the best recommendation from PEGA? Tomcat (or) WebSphere?
Did PEGA supports TOMCAT? If yes, Is there any application build with Tomcat server?
Are there any issues if we use tomcat server running PEGA application?
How is the performance with Tomcat Server?
If we replace WebSphere with tomcat what will be the performance
Did you guys see any major issues while running the PEGA application with tomcat server?
Thanks,
Surya.
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Pegasystems Inc.
IN
Hi Surya,
Yes, Pega support tomcat.
FYI, All the production environments of Pega Cloud customers is using Tomcat and running fine.
You can refer below link for the comparison of WebSphere and Tomcat .It has good enough information and will give your more insight.
Pegasystems Inc.
IN
Hi,
Tomcat is very flexible and easy to use. But one big disadvantage is you cannot use EJBs on Tomcat (unless you add OpenEJB). So you can't use some important functionalities like JMS, etc
OCBC Bank
SG
Hi Surya,
Adding points to above inputs, Tomcat Enterprise Edition is used in Pega Cloud instances and Pega works fine in Tomcat. Enterprise Tomcat can be used in case if you are planing to make use of JavaEE components.
Tomcat is free and open source and easily customizable where as WAS licence needs to be purchased and ofcourse as WAS is a paid version, you will get proper support from IBM team.
SFC
HK
Hi, Sandeep46
You mentioned that Pega Cloud is running on Tomcat Enterprise Edition, but in Pega Paltform support guide (https://collaborate.pega.com/discussion/prpc-5x-6x-platform-support-guide-easy-find) it mentioned that Pega7 only support running Pega7 as a WAR on tomcat.
Would you mind to clarify whether Pega officially support running Pega7 on Tomcat Enterprise Edition?
Thanks,
Marsh
US
Thanks for your reply guys.
Quick question , We have around 1500 plus users currently who are using our application. Do you guys think tomcat server is right option for our application.
As I mentioned earlier, currently we are using Web sphere but management forcing us to go with tomcat due to cost budget again they are asking us the issues if we go with tomcat server.
Did you guys hear any commercial applications built with tomcat server not PEGA cloud instances?
Thanks,
Surya.
Instellars
IN
Hi Surya,
Yes, tomcat can easily handle 1500+ users as it is a professional grade product. If the requests created per second by the users are large, you can load balance by using multiple instances of tomcat. Additionally you can use NIO with tomcat to achieve scalability.
Overall, it all depends on the application structure, caching, data management and other factors that determines the performance of your application.