> From: Shanti Suresh [mailto:sha...@umich.edu] > Subject: Re: tomcat http connector
> Tomcat's built-in HTTP connector can be used for production if > your production traffic is light. It is advisable to front-end > Tomcat with Apache. Sorry, that's just BS. Back in the Tomcat 3 or 4 days, it was true to some extent, but performance of Tomcat without httpd has been demonstrated to be equal or better. > Apache's I/O is superior to Tomcat. Another incorrect statement; with Tomcat's APR connector, the I/O is identical - since it's all the same code. Regardless, as Pid pointed out, overall performance is rarely limited by the connector; the application architecture is the critical factor. > front-ending Tomcat with Apache also gives you access to the > powerful traffic filtering, security and other modules that > are available for Apache. And introduces configuration complexity and a greater opportunity to create attack vectors due to seemingly innocuous configuration errors. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
