Pramati Server 4.1 Pramati Server 4.1 is now available for download. The new release builds on the widespread adoption of Pramati Server 3.5 by ISVs and enterprises. It delivers on the promise of having the Lowest TCO while being an easy-to-manage, high-performance J2EETM application server. Built-in Compatibility features in the Server make it significantly easier for J2EE developers to migrate their applications from JBossTM and WebLogicTM Server development as well as production environments. The release deepens the committment of Pramati to supporting industry adoption of Enterprise JavaTM, and represents another milestone in the company's technology roadmap. 
New Dashboard offers enhanced user experience while monitoring Server environment in real-time. Scope of monitoring ranges from all application servers in the network neighbourhood to an application JAR or WAR deployed in one of the containers.
| Pramati Server 4.1 : Features List Release Highlights New Licensing All editions of Pramati Server are now enabled through a simple license upgrade. Server is available in Web, EJB, JMS, Web Load Balancer and Enterprise (Cluster) editions. Compatibility and Migration - Ease of migration by pro-actively identifying parameters in source platform, such as use of lenient options (tolerance to violation of standards).
- WebLogic Server compatibility at the semantics level (APIs and behavior), configuration and deployment XML structures.
- WebLogic Server compatible security solution.
- Enhanced Deploy Tool assists migration from JBoss.
- Support for exploded directories for EAR, JAR and WAR.
Web and EJB Performance - Improved memory utilization under heavy workloads.
- Improved tag handling including ability to handle larger JSPs using deeply nested tags (many servers fail to generate code that can be compiled).
- Improved connection scalability.
- Improved HTTP and dynamic content performance.
- Improved EJB Performance with read-mostly with expiry, invalidation on cluster (optionally reload).
- Improved performance of dynamic proxies.
- Shorter deployment times.
Enhanced Server Dashboard - Rich user interactivity using MacromediaTM FlashTM client. Works with all browsers that support Flash plug-ins.
- Multi-server view with network topography.
- Drill-down monitoring of individual servers and application components.
- Extensive trends and plots with a choice of graph types.
- Tabulated data for printing and audit.
- Choose what you want to monitor by customizing elements on the Dashboard.
Richer Administration and Security - Richer trend plots and graphs. History data is persisted and continuity is maintained even across server downtimes.
- Hit parades available in Diagnostics.
- OS level statistics available.
Troubleshooting Utilities - Speedy resolution with complete classloader instrumentation.
- Improved multi-level status (For example: status, status ejb or status ejb <bean name>).
Deeper support for realms and SSL certificates - Enhanced SSL support: OCSP (revoked list check), off-line.
- Realms: UI for generic DB realm, UI validations for all realms.
- WebLogic Server compatible security solution.
- Users and groups mapped to application roles, and multiple, 1:N.
- Subject tampering (verification using checksum code).
- CA certificate (the intermediate CAs) verification, for client certificates coming to server (for 2-way SSL or Pramati-'Other Server' SSL communication)
- Import keystores
- Certificate revocation list
Production-grade Certificate Server - Issue client certificates for SSL-based authentication.
- Command Shell for managing the Certificate Server.
More scalable, reliable JMS Hierarchical topics - Support for multi-level hierarchies of topics.
- Use wildcards.
Default file-based persistence for better performance Load handling for queues and topics - Large message handling limited only by persistence limits (DB constraints).
- Support for higher number of concurrent connections through robust Pramati Message Transport.
- Connection and client load distribution.
- Manageable from Web-based Console.
- Pluggable Connection Load Balancer.
Enhanced reliability - Configurable fail-over and backup nodes.
- Fail-over for non-persistent messages.
Flow control for topics and queues - Increased robustness with fine-grained control.
- Control over resource (memory, CPU, etc..) usage.
JMS bridge - Enables federation of multiple JMS domains.
- Transparent handling of remote destinations via local proxies.
- JMS-to-JMS and JMS-to-proprietary messaging systems
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