Can you leave the JTS running when deleting RDNG Project Areas in v5.0.1?

 We occasionally decide to delete rdng project areas in our TEST environment.  The last time we had to do this was under 4.0.3 when the RM application used the JTS database.  Therefore, the JTS had to be stopped in order to do the delete.  Now that we are on v5.0.1, the delete execution occurs on the RDNG server, does the JTS need to be stopped?  It would be beneficial if the JTS could remain running along with the CCM applications.