On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Liraz Siri <li...@turnkeylinux.org> wrote: > Christopher Schultz wrote: >> If your goal was a minimal set of components, why did you choose to >> include Apache httpd + mod_jk, neither of which are required to run Tomcat. > > You're right Chris, you don't _need_ Apache, and therefore mod_jk to run > Tomcat. Tomcat can listen (and does by default, though we turned it off > for security reasons) and answer requests directly. > > OTOH, we consulted with a few Java people who told us you usually (in a > production setting) want a load-balancer (eg. Apache) in front of your > Tomcat node[s] to:
Apparently you haven't consulted any tomcat-using java developers, since > > A) improve performance tomcat standalone performs better in most setups (yes, yes sendfile myth is there too, but the performance measurements shows that tomcats plain old java connector performs better) > B) make the setup easier to maintain how can adding unneeded complexitty make things easier? > C) provide a way to serve static content See A) > > In the future we might create a more minimal Tomcat node appliance to > which a front-end load balancer appliance could offload traffic, but > that needs more thought... If you are really looking for a useful load-balanced appliance check for keepalived or pound. regards Leon > > Cheers, > Liraz > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
