> From: Christopher Schultz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Is APR worth it (for me?) > > However, the APR description page suggests that scalability > is improved through the use of socket-polling
The scalability is improved due to not having to keep a thread around for each persistent HTTP connection. (The new NIO connector in Tomcat 6 also achieves this.) Whether or not that aspect improves your performance due to less context switching, CPU cache loading/unloading, etc., will depend almost entirely on your workload. Do you have a simulated production environment where you can just try the two connectors back-to-back? - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]