Weblogic or JBoss? [closed]

Answer 1

I would think you guys should consider TC Server, its a variant of Tomcat from Vmware. Might be good in an enterprise environment, since most of them should be able to work it out, as part of there virtualization deals.

http://www.vmware.com/products/vfabric-tcserver/

PS - I have used WLS extensively. For some applications it might be good. For some you really do not need it. So its very much driven by use case, scale etc.

Answer 2

Personally I would choose JBoss (community version) over Weblogic (Server) because it's free (you know, like in freedom). But that isn't answering the question, so...

I can see two main reasons for choosing Weblogic:

1. Weblogic is a well integrated product with a single configuration mechanism/file (easier* to configure and maintain).
2. Integration with Tuxedo.

*) The term easier is subjective. Most things are easy when you know how to do them.

Answer 3

You need to consider the TCO Total Cost of Ownership

You must take into account these costs when using JBoss:

• Annual support subscriptions
• Higher on-going management and administration costs
• Impact of outages on cost
• Impact of product’s performance on cost
• Higher cost for interoperability testing and integration of the disparate OSS projects
• Complexity and cost of supporting an integrated OSS solution
• Insurance policy for indemnity protection
• Cost to support and maintain modified code
• Extra time and effort to deal with a myriad of open source licenses

Answer 4

It depends.

Do you happen to be in a company who likes to buy support from other companies like "Oracle" and don't really care about the money spending as long they are covered by the manufacturer ( Yes, I know Redhat sells the support also but some companies don't like to buy from them )

Anyway , this is a rather subjective question, I don't think there would be a correct answer.

Answer 5

I developed Java based application for JBoss 4.x and 5.x for two years. After that i had to work with Weblogic 11. It wasn't easy to change my mind but now i think, WL much better. More stable, faster and the Admin Console...like a dream..very easy to do settings and monitoring.

So, my choice is Weblogic.

Answer 6

I've done 3 evaluations of WebLogic, JBoss, and WebSphere. WebLogic won every one of them, hands down. Having said that, my simplistic guidance is this: use JBoss if you are NOT worried about scaling past several thousand concurrent users. However, if you intend to scale beyond that, you're going to need something with proven horsepower and robustness - that's WebLogic.

Note: app server vendors generally sacrifice technical features for stability. In other words, robustness is in dynamic tension with technical features. If you want new features, you get more bugs along with it. It surprises me how many technicians don't get that. But, if you think about why you don't rush out and buy the first new Windows OS version when it comes out, you'll understand perfectly why this is so.

HTH