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 Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
