-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Liraz,
On 4/20/2009 4:17 AM, Liraz Siri wrote: > 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: > > A) improve performance > B) make the setup easier to maintain > C) provide a way to serve static content I would argue that "A" is best achieved by a hardware load balancer rather than Apache httpd, "B" is actually /not/ achieved by the addition of Apache httpd (more components means more complexity which means higher maintenance costs), and "C" is served perfectly by Tomcat alone. If I were you, I would provide a Tomcat-only "appliance" and a separate "load-balancer" appliance that could be trivially combined to achieve all your goals. - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkns1UQACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PCxxACggT1ClMwEmKjqGFPh8qrcd9eM rmcAoJeLt1OvGliOJVZ0OrwMQknE1MZ1 =Pcjo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
