Re: [Exist-open] Very large XML files

[Dannes W. <di...@ex...>]

Hi,

On 16 Nov 2009, at 18:37 , Sajayan Kaimal wrote:

> What is the purpose of using Jetty or Tomcat for eXist?

Not sure if I understand your question. Jetty and Tomcat are both servlet containers, that is: a java server for running servlets which are special java applications. Exist is a Java application and the serfvlet container is used to give (HTTP) access to eXist.  Exist is (was) distributed as a 'war' file which can be deployed in jetty and tomcat very easy. Internally we use jetty to handle HTTP requests.

> Does the JVM heap size settings for Jetty or Tomcat have got any significance in loading XML files to/or retrieving from the eXist DB?

This is a generic Java questions. Tomcat is a java application, exist-db runs in Tomcat. Therefore, if you give tomcat more memory available (good thing to do!), more memory is available for exist. Exist will run better if you have more memory available

> Is there a separate JVM setting for  Jetty/Tomcat  and eXist DB ? Where is it stored for eXist?

Tomcat has its special way of increasing heapsize, please consult the tomcat documentation. eXist-db accepts a  parameter for this...... consult our documentation on http://www.exist-db.org/tuning.html#N10121 ;

Kind regards

Dannes

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