This is actually a current topic of discussion on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list.
What I mentioned is more of a rule of thumb since I don't know of any Tomcat+Apache benchmarks. You would need to look into your own business needs and performance criteria. When you look at volume you don't just need to look at the number of hits. You have to look at the information that you are serving. What is it? Is it a set of static pages or a set of dynamic? How many requests of that content do you really need to handle per second? As for security, Tomcat 4.0 has container-managed security that you can install on a per webapp basis. Among other things, you also can setup access logging and ssi. Justy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Haseltine, Celeste" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 12:52 PM Subject: Re: Platform choice advice for deploying a website > 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 > =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". 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