--- Ga�l Lams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > I wondering if it's really so good to use Tomcat > behind "a real" web > > server like Apache or IIS. > > > > In my Tomcat 5 book there are two reasons to do it > so: > > > > 1. Tomcat is not as secure as common web servers, > especially if you > > want to use CGI and SSI (I don't think I want to) > > > > 2. Tomcat is slow delivering static content. > > > > Well, as long it's just planned to use only 1 > server for my application, > > I don't think the both points are true for me. On > the Tomcat site > > there's a note about performance: > > ... > > Not an easy question, I think that the answer to > your question is a > mix of personal preferences and, taking into account > your application > specifications, whether or not you need from apache > something that you > can't have with Tomcat. > > I personally started with an apache/tomcat/connector > configuration > because the same servers were already serving > php/mysql and cgi > applications. We moved then all the tomcat/jsp stuff > to its own > servers and I decided to remove apache because: > - it was not required anymore (reason number one) > and for me, the > simpler you keep things, the more robust they are. > Also, I'm quite > "paranoid" and for me the less stuff you installed, > the better > - I had some problems with the mod_jk (timeouts) > - we are not serving static content > > Regards, > > Ga�l > As far as static content goes I don't think Apache is really faster, it will probably use less memory, but faster is in the details. At least not with the more recent Tomcat versions. 5.x.x versions that is. I think for anyone to say otherwise they need to have proof readily available and it be comprehensively comparative (or at least more than 1 configuration) ... not just some conceived notion that compiled C code is going to run faster than Java code (look at Transmeta processors if you need another example of a virtual machine and speed improvements http://www.transmeta.com/efficeon/codemorphing.html just for an example native vs. non-native and which is faster are all in the details as well). The java heap works differently from the C heap, and native instructions at runtime are organized differently. Some things are faster in Java and some are faster in C (depending on the optimizations of the java runtime and hardware ... obviously a purely interpreted runtime would be slower).
Some information on the whole Java C thing: http://www.idiom.com/~zilla/Computer/javaCbenchmark.html For information about the Apache/Tomcat debate see: http://tomcat.apache.org/faq/performance.html#faster I think the main point and answer comes down to Gael's email (personal preferences and needs/which provides you the services and configurations you need). Wade --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
