Justyna,

This addresses an issue we have been discussing up here at work.  Is the
"rule of thumb" always "the number of static pages vs the number of dynamic
pages" in determining whether you need to run a JSP/Servlet server as a
stand alone server, or in conjunction with an HTML server, such as Apache or
IIS?  What weight in the decision process do you give the "volume" or
"number of hits" you expect your web site to generate in making your
decision regarding servers?  And where do security considerations play into
the decision making process regarding using a stand alone JSP server vs an
HTML and JSP server together (such as Apache + Tomcat), or do they play in
at all?

My thanks in advance to anyone with additional advice on this topic.  Also,
if anyone has any good references/sites that discuss this topic in general,
I would be interested in them.

Celeste

-----Original Message-----
From: horwat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 1:51 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Platform choice advice for deploying a website


You can minimize your pain threshold by analyzing what type of server you
need. Is it going to be large volume with many static pages and a couple of
dynamic pages? Then you should use Apache + Tomcat.

Now, if your server isn't going to be large volume or has mostly dynamic
pages then you should really consider running Tomcat standalone. You dynamic
pages would not be relayed through Apache but be served directly by Tomcat.
It is much easier to configure Tomcat standalone than configure two servers
and the connector between them.

As for documentation, I would look at the apache site for both products:

http://www.apache.org
http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat

Justy


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Idusogie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 3:06 PM
Subject: Platform choice advice for deploying a website


> Hello Folks:
>
> I need your advice on the best approach due to budgetry constraints.
> I'm considering learning Linux to deploy my website using apache as my
> web server and tomcat as the servlet container. Could any one provide
> suggestions on books, linux version and the pain threshold.
>
> I can not afford Windows 2000 server software.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul Idusogie
> Technical Architect
> Consulting Services
> Stellent Inc.
> (fka: IntraNet Solutions)
> 7777 Golden Triangle Drive
> Eden Prairie, MN 55104
> Desk: 952.656.2755
> Cell: 612.810.4174
> Fax: 952.903.2115
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> website: http://www.stellent.com
>
> To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff
JSP-INTEREST".
> For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST
DIGEST".
> Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at:
>
>  http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html
>  http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html
>  http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp
>  http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp
>  http://www.jspinsider.com
>

===========================================================================
To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff
JSP-INTEREST".
For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST
DIGEST".
Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at:

 http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html
 http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html
 http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp
 http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp
 http://www.jspinsider.com

===========================================================================
To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST".
For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST".
Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at:

 http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html
 http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html
 http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp
 http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp
 http://www.jspinsider.com

Reply via email to