On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 12:04:35PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Henri Gomez > > > >> I think that we need to change the thinking perspective > > > from TC being > > > >> a 'helper' to TC being a 'workhorse'. > > > > Interesting idea Mladen. > > > Next idea. > > > > > > If we drop Apache 2.0 support we need to have jk/jk2 jobs > > > done somewhere : > > > What about Tomcat 5 & Coyote as a ajp13 dispatcher with > > > advances and fine tuning rules, which could be updated in > > > real time in via JMX ? > > > > > > > Yes something like that, It will allow mod_jk2 lb features and header > > preproc, but in pure Java, and it'll need to expose some kind > > of the API, > > usable from native code. > > Having that in Java will allow dynamic config either using > > JMX or some other > > technology. > > Will it use ajp13 as a messaging protocol? I don't know yet. > > > > MT. > > Hi All, > > Just thought I'd chip in! Please feel free to ignore me. > > I use tomcat exclusively behind apache. This is for performance reasons > both as a proxy for "slow" clients (releasing relatively expensive tomcat > resources) and as a static content server. > > We use apache to control our URL space and serve all sorts of content from > all sorts of servers. In many instances tomcat, or jboss or any other app > server does not have the control over the URL/Request that apache gives us > without allot of custom coding. We use mod_rewrite, mod_proxy, php, > mod_perl, mod_some_auth_module. > > I have not benchmarked it but I would be surprised it tomcat was as good as > apache in an SSL environment. > > Just my 2 pence worth, to defend us flat earth people that still use Apache > (mostly 1.3.x as well) in front of tomcat for lots of quite sensible > reasons. > > I do agree that a lot of tomcats are stand alone and that these can be quite > usefully setup without apache is a valid one, but not an exclusively so. > > Greg > > ps I still see an 80/20 rule of 80% static content, 20% dynamic both in > traffic and war file content. Not to say the 20% does not involve a lot of > processing to produce!
I couldn't have said it any better. As an example. I run a SOAP server with Tomcat Standalone which uses HTTPS for the transport. I recently switched to PureTLS using a JNI plugin so that OpenSSL libs were used instead of java byte code for SSL. The boost in performance was amazing. 10x faster. Glenn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Glenn Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] | /* Spelin donut madder | MOREnet System Programming | * if iz ina coment. | Missouri Research and Education Network | */ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
