i wonder if i need an application server when i want to use jdo with hibernate in the following situation: i want to share persistent objects (all on one box - no clustering) over the network with different clients/services. the clients/services should be able to read/write on the objects. is there something like a lightwight jdo object broker. or is it possible to access the hibernate objects via rmi? i think an application server (like jboss) with ejb support would be a too much. guess i'm a bit confused regarding all the possibilities. maybe someone can give me a hint. cheers.

(1) Hibernate is not JDO. JDO is a competing solution.
(2) You can use Hibernate with Tomcat.
(3) You can run JBoss without the EJB container.

(4) no you don't need a J2EE application server - you can write your own (base on RMI or whaterver) if you want

ok, thanx a lot.