Tomcat is pretty much behaved and will work on a relatively small HFS.
Everything is contained in a single HFS (works ok).
Then I add a large war file for deployment it won't fit or deploy.
So, I create another HFS and mount it on WEBAPPS - and copy the existing stuff (preserving the permissions, owners, folders, etc..) before starting Tomcat.
It seems to look okay after I mount it (browse files and such).
When I restart Tomcat, it initializes, and appears to be okay, but when I open up a browser window on it - it hangs.
Just going to the listener port is a problem (manager page).
If I stop Tomcat, unmount the HFS and restart Tomcat - things are okay.
Am I doing something wrong here? Or does Tomcat work better in a single HFS?
Multiple HFS files with Tomcat
There isn't an issue with using multiple file systems that I'm aware of. I can't imagine that there would be.
But you should double check that the new filesystem is mounted R/W and that if you copy files or directories into it that these files that you moved truly have the same owner/group and permissions.
Other than that, perhaps there is a problem with your new HFS filesystem that is causing it to hang when accessed. It is difficult for me to say, but I can say that Tomcat doesn't know or care about your underlying file system structure so long as it can access the files.
But you should double check that the new filesystem is mounted R/W and that if you copy files or directories into it that these files that you moved truly have the same owner/group and permissions.
Other than that, perhaps there is a problem with your new HFS filesystem that is causing it to hang when accessed. It is difficult for me to say, but I can say that Tomcat doesn't know or care about your underlying file system structure so long as it can access the files.