Forgive my terminology but Im new to Enterprise Java. I have been asked to find out about managing and monitoring an Extranet system that is made up of JSP and Servlets that connect to an Oracle 9 DB.

It currently uses a standalone tomcat Server with a WAR file being built and deployed through the tomcat manager.

What I want to know is if we migrate to JBoss can we manage and monitor the performance of the system easily.

For instance would we have to write extra code ? ( I have a feeling that the answer is yes, and it relates to JMX and MBeans but the only information I can find is very low level and / or abstract.

The following is what we wish to achieve :

1. Easy deployment of code conforming to the J2EE reference model.

2. E-mail & some sort of console log notification of events, i.e. application has failed.

3. Automation of restart for / of failed applications.


So can JBoss 4 provide this and how much work do we have do ?

Any pointers to any easy introduction preferably with examples would be most appreciated.

Thnx
Andy