Re: tomcat in production

2007-11-16 Thread Gregor Schneider
Hi Chuck, On Nov 15, 2007 3:55 PM, Caldarale, Charles R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Markus Schönhaber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: tomcat in production > > > > AFAICT the main advantage of APR wrt static content is the possibility > > to

Re: tomcat in production

2007-11-15 Thread Markus Schönhaber
Caldarale, Charles R wrote: >> From: Markus Schönhaber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> AFAICT the main advantage of APR wrt static content is the possibility >> to use sendfile. > > The pure Java NIO connector also supports sendfile. I have successfully managed to overlook that. > Still haven'

RE: tomcat in production

2007-11-15 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Markus Schönhaber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: tomcat in production > > AFAICT the main advantage of APR wrt static content is the possibility > to use sendfile. The pure Java NIO connector also supports sendfile. Still haven't seen any actual performan

Re: tomcat in production

2007-11-15 Thread Markus Schönhaber
Caldarale, Charles R schrieb: > I suspect the previous posts on this subject are slightly confused. > AFAIK, APR doesn't know or care about the type of content - it's simply > a more efficient mechanism for keeping multiple connections open > simultaneously without tying up a thread for each. It

RE: tomcat in production

2007-11-14 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Lionel Crine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: tomcat in production > > My tomcat serves static content without APR. > is there a big performance increase serving static pages with > APR enabled ? I suspect the previous posts on this subject are slightly co

Re: tomcat in production

2007-11-14 Thread Lionel Crine
HI, I'm wondering something. My tomcat serves static content without APR. is there a big performance increase serving static pages with APR enabled ? Thanks in advance. Lionel Peter Stavrinides wrote: Thanks for this response Gregor, I had assumed this was the case, just needed the confirmati

Re: tomcat in production

2007-11-13 Thread Peter Stavrinides
Thanks for this response Gregor, I had assumed this was the case, just needed the confirmation. Peter Gregor Schneider wrote: Hi Peter, when you're using Apache HTTP in front to serve static content and Tomcat is serving JSP / Servlets only, using the APR won't give you any advantage (AFAIC).

Re: tomcat in production

2007-11-13 Thread Gregor Schneider
Hi Peter, when you're using Apache HTTP in front to serve static content and Tomcat is serving JSP / Servlets only, using the APR won't give you any advantage (AFAIC). However, some ppl are using Tomcat only (running on port 80 / 443 with f.e. JSVC): Then, according to my brain-cells, the APR wil

Re: tomcat in production

2007-11-13 Thread Peter Stavrinides
I am just wandering about when to use the APR and when not to, especially for those of us using Apache as a front end (although in my case this is done solely to integrate perl and java apps into a common namespace) Gregor Schneider wrote: Take a look at the Apache Portable Runtime: It will

Re: tomcat in production

2007-11-12 Thread Gregor Schneider
Take a look at the Apache Portable Runtime: It will increase Tomcat's performance regarding static content sigificantly: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/apr.html Cheers Gregor -- what's puzzlin' you, is the nature of my game gpgp-fp: 79A84FA526807026795E4209D3B3FE028B3170B2 gpgp-key av

Re: tomcat in production

2007-11-12 Thread Pierre Goupil
Abdul, There is no specific version of Tomcat for production * as long as * you stick to the last revision of your branch, since it contains all security & bug fixes for that branch. There are no patches in Tomcat, only further releases. Moreover, it is advised that you use the Tomcat 6.0 branch,