High performance payara server with great features
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
- Initially we were using Glassfish then we migrated to Payara community edition.
- We have hosted the application on payara prod and used it by our 200+ customers.
- Our application products are used by Universities and colleges in the USA.
- Even we are using Micro Payara for a few of our small size applications.
- It has very good support and addresses the outstanding issues.
- It has very good features and up-to-date technology stack updates.
Pros
- Automatic Clustering
- Admin console UI (user friendly to access the Payara admin console).
- Micro Payara helps in addressing the micro service architecture.
- Regular updates include the technology stack updates (Jakarta, other security issues).
Cons
- Issues that are logged in Payara GitHub forum need to address on time, but it keeps on postponing fixing those issues.
Return on Investment
- Can host multiple application on single VM.
- Helps managed service team reduces their time on installation and up-gradation ( upgrading it to a new Payara server is very simple).
- We can opt for Payara or Micro Payara based on the application size.
Alternatives Considered
JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform and Apache Tomcat
Other Software Used
MySQL, Eclipse, Apache Camel



