Maybe I'm old school, but I would never put publicly accessible services on the same physical server as the database, regardless of resources. If this is a 100% internal/intranet application, I guess it wouldn't matter.
John > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Parker [mailto:RParker@;membersequity.com.au] > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 7:32 AM > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: Tomcat(s) on web server or database server > > > Members Equity Email System > I have a configuration which comprises two physical machines, > a dual proc > webserver and a quad proc database server. I am planning on > running two > tomcat instances using the JK load balancer. The application is highly > dynamic and every page hits the database. > > My question - for performance, should I run the two tomcats > on the webserver > or both on the database server? Perhaps this comes down which is the > 'lighter' network protocol, JDBC or AJP13? Hence should I > keep the tomcats > closer to the database or webserver? > > any thoughts or experience? > > regards > > Rob > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
