The only reasons I have ever come up with are all operations-related, not techincal. For example, different maintenance windows requirements get different Tomcat instances.
> -----Original Message----- > From: S Ahmed [mailto:sahmed1...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 11:57 AM > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > Subject: multiple instances on a server > > Hi, > > If you have a server with 15 GB of ram (or any large number for > arguments > sake), does it ever make sense to run multiple instances of tomcat on > the > same server? (serving http requests for the same web application) > > Or can a single instance utilize all the server resources just > fine efficiently? > > > The reason I am asking is that I have read that those hosting ruby on > rails, > or python web applications usually run multiple instances of their > respective web server, each running on its own port, and then proxied > using > haproxy or the like. __________________________________________________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: This Transmission (including any attachments) may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately reply to the sender or telephone (512) 343-9100 and delete this transmission from your system. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
