THANKS Chad and Yoav! Very good information. I will look elsewhere for performance improvements (possibly squid...)
Bob On Fri, 2004-10-22 at 12:24, Shapira, Yoav wrote: > Hi, > Yup, Chad's right. About the worst thing you can do is add complexity > because you *think* it might be better. > > You do see a lot of connector-related traffic on this list. That's > because connector configuration is not easy. The specifics greatly > depend on which connector version, which tomcat version, which front-end > (Apache httpd, IIS, others), and what environment you're using. And for > many systems, the initial effort as well as the long-term maintenance > costs are simply not worth it. For many other systems, the performance > gain is not worth it. > > So if you really have an itch to scratch, make sure you set up a proper > test server and benchmark your app to see if performance is really > gained. Since your app is all Java (no PHP, CGI, etc.), you have no > other argument for putting a front-end with Tomcat. Only if performance > gains are substantial, and you still feel the added complexity/fragility > is worth it, then I'd go ahead to modify your production setup. > > Yoav Shapira http://www.yoavshapira.com > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Chad Maniccia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 12:19 PM > >To: Tomcat Users List > >Subject: RE: [Slightly OT] Simplifying deployment > > > >I would keep it simple less things to hack, break, update, etc.. > >Also I remember reading in tomcat's documentation that it serves static > >content almost or just as fast. > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Robert Bateman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 11:12 AM > >To: Tomcat Users List > >Subject: [Slightly OT] Simplifying deployment > > > >I have an application that I've developed that run strictly on Tomcat. > > > >I've noticed a lot of traffic on this list talking about using Apache > >httpd to serve up static content and using mod_jk to have httpd talk to > >Tomcat to serve up JSP traffic. And all of that got me thinking about > >doing the same thing - sepecially since httpd is probably faster at > >displaying static content.... > > > >But I'm left with a question: My application is delivered to my TC > >instance as a .war file. It seems to me that I'd have to break out the > >static content into something else in order for httpd to be able to > >serve that content. Is that the best way to accomplish this? Or is > >there something better that I can do on a *nix installation? > > > > > >Thanks much! > > > >Bob > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, > and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. > This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may > not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not > the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer > system and notify the sender. Thank you. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
