Just found the answer to my first question: the improved http/1.1 connector is in Tomcat 4.04:
[B2] Coyote: This release include a completely new HTTP/1.1 connector and connector API, called Coyote. This connector provides much improved performance and robustness over the default HTTP/1.1 connector. >Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 22:23:04 -0400 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Stephen Ng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: tuning > >I've been reading through the performance tuning tips and have a couple of >questions and comments. > >- For optimum performance with Tomcat 4 and Cocoon 2, use the HTTP/1.0 >connector. > >This appears to be due to a bug which has been fixed. > >See: http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4083. Was this a >bug in Tomcat or Cocoon? If Tomcat, what version of Tomcat was it fixed in? > >- Set the -Xnoclassgc parameter on the Sun JDK 1.3.1! > >I believe the argument should be -noclassgc. > >- disable resource reloading > >I understand I'm supposed to toggle <parameter name="auto-reload" >value="true"/>. But what exactly does this do? Does it stop checking the >timestamp of resource files before loading them? What do I give up if I >turn this on? (The option isn't documented in the latest cocoon.xconf.) > >Thanks, > >Steve --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>