Receiving Error "1721" When Trying to Install Shibboleth Idp

[Paul Hethmon]

Yes, I can see the benefit of using what you are familiar with. I started
out deploying on Windows servers, but I found many times struggling to get
Windows to work easily. Stuff as simple as the differences in how paths
are done can screw you up.

Again, just a recommendation to use Linux, certainly not a requirement. I
would argue that it will be much easier over the long haul, even if you
have to learn some Linux basics.

As far as 32 bit vs 64 bit, I would never deploy anything on 32 bit
anymore. Any hardware less than 4 or 5 years old should be 64 bit capable.
Windows 32 bit Java has that 1.5 gig (roughly) limit. As you noted, 32 bit
can handle quite a bit of usage. Again, depending on the OP's
circumstances, a few different choices now (while initially deploying),
might make life easier later.

Paul

On 3/4/13 2:19 PM, "Peter Schober" <peter.schober at univie.ac.at> wrote:

>* Paul Hethmon <paul.hethmon at clareitysecurity.com> [2013-03-04 20:07]:
>> Not really sure what the error number means, but I would recommend
>> you consider deploying the IdP on a 64 bit Linux machine. Life will
>> just be easier. If you can't do that, at least use 64 bit Java (and
>> Windows) so you won't be constrained by the 32 bit memory limit.
>
>I'm assuming the OP chose the OS according to local preference /
>availability of know-how, so unless running Java apps on MS-Windows is
>fundamentally broken (no idea, really) I'd say stick with the OS and
>just get the install error fixed. (Or install by hand.)
>
>As for limits of 32-bit machines: Univie is serving 120k users (incl
>the central VLE/course management system) just fine with a single
>32-bit machine with 4GB RAM. So 32-bit /may/ still good enough,
>depending on what you're doing.
>-peter
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