I read the link, and was curious as to what your opinion is when running Tomcat over SSL. I put Apache in front of Tomcat when SSL is required.
TIA... Mark On 5/15/05, Lutz Zetzsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Tomislav, > > Am Sonntag, 15. Mai 2005 16:10 schrieb t.n.a.: > > Lutz Zetzsche wrote: > > >As regards performance, running Apache in front of Tomcat is not > > >preferable. A standalone Tomcat is faster than a Tomcat behind an > > >Apache. > > > > I'm not speaking from my own experiance, but I've done some reading > > some time ago and the best practice I've found is to have apache > > serve static content because it's faster and comes with a whole lot > > of modules and have Tomcat serve the dynamic content - don't know if > > we're talking about the same thing. > > Well, what I mean is that Tomcat can serve dynamic content faster if it > runs standalone so that the requests are directly handled and the pages > are directly served by Tomcat. > > Also, the gap between Tomcat and Apache is closing as regards the > performance in serving static content. > > Here are a few pros and cons for the Apache-Tomcat combination: > > http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/faq/connectors.html#integrate > > My personal point of view is that I would always try to avoid to run a > Tomcat behind an Apache, as this can sometimes significantly impair the > performance when serving dynamic content from Tomcat. > > Best wishes > > Lutz > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
