fwiw, i am upgrading my web app from Tomcat 4.1.24 to Tomcat 5.5.9 and wow... the performance increase is very noticeable.
--- Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I read the link, and was curious as to what your opinion is when > running Tomcat over SSL. I put Apache in front of Tomcat when SSL is > required. > > TIA... > Mark > > On 5/15/05, Lutz Zetzsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Tomislav, > > > > Am Sonntag, 15. Mai 2005 16:10 schrieb t.n.a.: > > > Lutz Zetzsche wrote: > > > >As regards performance, running Apache in front of Tomcat is not > > > >preferable. A standalone Tomcat is faster than a Tomcat behind > an > > > >Apache. > > > > > > I'm not speaking from my own experiance, but I've done some > reading > > > some time ago and the best practice I've found is to have apache > > > serve static content because it's faster and comes with a whole > lot > > > of modules and have Tomcat serve the dynamic content - don't know > if > > > we're talking about the same thing. > > > > Well, what I mean is that Tomcat can serve dynamic content faster > if it > > runs standalone so that the requests are directly handled and the > pages > > are directly served by Tomcat. > > > > Also, the gap between Tomcat and Apache is closing as regards the > > performance in serving static content. > > > > Here are a few pros and cons for the Apache-Tomcat combination: > > > > > http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/faq/connectors.html#integrate > > > > My personal point of view is that I would always try to avoid to > run a > > Tomcat behind an Apache, as this can sometimes significantly impair > the > > performance when serving dynamic content from Tomcat. > > > > Best wishes > > > > Lutz > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
