On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 11:29 AM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote:
> On 18/04/17 15:58, Chris Gamache wrote: > > Excellent information. Thank you! > > > > Is there a way to create a split point where sendFile will handle files > of > > certain mime types (or all mime-types except for an exclusion list of > mime > > types) and/or of certain sizes while compression will handle files of > other > > mime-types and/or certain sizes? > > No. > > > Both settings have a minimum file size that engages their mechanism but > to > > set up a division of labor I would think we would need all of > > include/exclude and max/min for both sendfile() and compression. Again, I > > could be missing something obvious by staring at the problem too long. > > > > @André and the rest of the listserv, In your opinions-- thinking about > the > > web site consumer's experience, and having to choose either send > sendfile() > > or compression-- is the juice worth the squeeze so-to-speak keeping > > sendfile() and sending uncompressed files, or is the better choice to > > enable compression at the expense of direct static file access and save > > bandwidth? > > It will depend on your site and the typical traffic mix. You'd have to > test it. > > Or... > > You can have the best of both worlds if you pre-compress your static > resources. You need to be using 8.5.x or later. Look for precompressed > on http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.5-doc/default-servlet.html > > That's wicked. Something to look forward to when we are at the point of jumping to 8.5 or beyond. > Mark > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
