Hello All! I have some queries on how to setup my production machine based on my requirements.
My current setup 1) Apache 2.2 and Tomcat 6 2) Apache serving all images + CSS + JS 3) Apache connected to tomcat using mod_jk. 4) Tomcat serving a lot of ajax calls ( backed by memcache + db). Server config 1) 2 GB , dual core 2) Around 500 MB would be free for apache ( rest used by memcache + tomcat + mysql ) By reading a lot of articles, I could think of the following ways to setup OPTION 1 ( in case of 1 server ) - Instead of mod_jk use mod_proxy_ajp - Use NIO http connector in tomcat OPTION 2 ( in case of 1 server ) - Use apache/lighthttpd to serve all static files, use mod_proxy_ajp to connect to tomcat ( which runs using ajp connector ) OR - Use apache/lighthttpd to serve all static files, use proxy to connect to tomcat ( which runs using NIO connector) OPTION 2 ( in case of 2 servers ) - Use lighthttpd to serve all static files ( images + css + js ) ( Machine 1 ) - Machine 2: Run tomcat directly on port 80 ( and use NIO http connector ) Could someone help me understand what is possible/not possible and which would be a better option ( I know I have to do some benchmarking, but I really need to understand what all options do I have ) As I see, - I don't need tomcat to serve my static content - LightHttpd seems to be a better option in serving static content than apache - Tomcat NIO connector can supposedly scale upto 16,000 connections ( http://blog.covalent.net/roller/covalent/entry/20070308) but I cannot understand how to use it my current setup. - There are no NIO AJP connectors ( for connecting from apache to tomcat ) Thanks, - RT
