Hi > The backend apache does not only serve static pages like GIF or JS. It also handles PHP, Perl-scripts and some SSL. This can not be done with tomcat.
Tomcat CAN do SSL just fine. For some seldomly used php and perl-scripts, tomcat is also just fine. But I agree, if lots of php and perl is involved, tomcat is not the best choise. However check wether it is possible for you situation and the proxy you will set up, if it can pass jsp requests directly to tomcat and other requests directly to apache. Then the connection between tomcat and apache is not nessessary and you once again safe the overhead... Regards, Steffen
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