I agree with Trevor. Here are a few things to think about as well: 1. Tomcat performance vs. dedicated web server (Apache or IIS): Tomcat (supposedly) is not as efficient at serving static content. We switched off of IIS/Tomcat because of a problem with SSL and large file uploads to Tomcat standalone. Because our app is 90% dynamic content, our tests showed no change in performance. If your app is highly static, a dedicated web server offers some better 'tweaking' capabilities (such as cacheing static images, etc). Try it & measure your differences. 2. Using Tomcat in standalone mode does take a layer of complexity out of the configuration. 3. Drawback: inability to use any other scripting languages in addition to jsps, such as CGI, PHP, ASP
Just some food for thought! John -----Original Message----- From: Trevor Nielsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 2:08 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: How well does tomcat 4.0.03 work as a HTTP server? Tomcat works fine as a regular HTTP server, but does not server up pages as well as a dedicated HTTP server like Apache. It also does not allow for the fine-tuning and advanced features of a dedicated HTTP server (this is the reason that many people use Tomcat to serve jsps/servlets from behind Apache). As long as your are only planning to serve up pages to a small load and in the most basic configuration, Tomcat should be fine. Trevor. ----- Original Message ----- From: "S W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 2:23 PM Subject: How well does tomcat 4.0.03 work as a HTTP server? > HI Everyone, > > I'm curious has anyone used Tomcat as a regular http > server, and would you recommend it? > > The reason I'm asking this quesion is because I'm not > sure if it would be better to use IIS to redirect the > Java pages to the Tomcat server or if it would be > better to serve the htm pages straight from the Tomcat > server. > > My concerns: > - Adding IIS ads another layer leaving more chances > for errors to occur > - My knowledge of tomcat is limited at the moment as > this is the first website I'm setting up using tomcat. > > > Thank you any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
