Yes, it is possible to configure Tomcat HA without any specific hardware support. We configured it for our test environment by following the instructions on http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/generic_howto/loadbalancers.html. Though this is very specific to Java based applications.
Generally, if we see in a big organizations, various technology applications are used and hence Tomcat HA is not a very good option there. Many organization these days have dedicated load balancing hardware like F5 from BigIP. For sure, tomcat HA is good enough for small organizations where you don't require following: 1. URL rewriting 2. Non Java applications On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Scott Battaglia <[email protected]>wrote: > Can anyone deploy a "bare" Tomcat HA without some level of hardware support > fronting it? > > > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Marvin Addison > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> > I vote for a fully fleshed out bare Tomcat as a reference >> > HA application. >> >> That's more or less my intention, Kim. I will do my best to provide a >> fair analysis of the benefits and limitations of bare Tomcat, but I do >> think we owe the community a tangible reference implementation. >> Interested and motivated readers should be able to evaluate the >> fitness of that implementation for their needs, adding additional >> components (e.g. Apache) and customizing as needed. But at least we >> will have provided a concrete starting point. >> >> M >> >> -- >> You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: >> [email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see >> http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/cas-user >> > > -- > You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: > [email protected] > To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see > http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/cas-user > > -- Vivek -- You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: [email protected] To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/cas-user
