Till now we are using Oracle Java 8 for our Tomcat based Web Application (running on SLES 11 SP4). In SLES 12 SP2 we are looking to migrate to SUSE supported Java so that we can deliver the Java security updates along with OS patch instead of delivering a separate Oracle Java.
We have observed SUSE supports two flavors of Java - OpenJDK and IBM Java. So we want to know which is better in terms of support provided by SUSE and ease of migration and development. We use Windows machines for development.
Thanks,
Manpreet Singh
On 21/04/17 07:14, manpreetsingh28 wrote:
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Till now we are using Oracle Java 8 for our Tomcat based Web Application
(running on SLES 11 SP4). In SLES 12 SP2 we are looking to migrate to
SUSE supported Java so that we can deliver the Java security updates
along with OS patch instead of delivering a separate Oracle Java.
We have observed SUSE supports two flavors of Java - OpenJDK and IBM
Java. So we want to know which is better in terms of support provided by
SUSE and ease of migration and development. We use Windows machines for
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I can’t say which is better but I will note that OpenJDK 8 was added to
SLE12 SP1 as an alternative[1] to IBM Java 8 - previously SLE12 only
supported OpenJDK 7.
With IBM joining the OpenJDK community back in 2010 I guess OpenJDK is
the one to use (unless you’re using PowerPC).
HTH.
Simon
SUSE Knowledge Partner
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Tried OpenJDK 8 with SLES 12 SP2. One of the things missing is the Java Web Start (javaws) to launch the DELL iDRAC Web Console in Firefox. For RHEL it is available through the IcedTea plugin but there is no support for this in SLES. Looks like we have to try IBM Java now.