-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jeff,
On 6/13/2011 4:41 PM, Jeff Sturm wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bill Miller [mailto:millebi.subscripti...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 3:58 PM >> >>>> Enlighten me: what is "the" reason that this is common practice? > ... >> -Static image serving (much more economical because the HTTP server is much >> lighter >> "weight" than a JVM/App server) -etc... > > I've heard this claim before, but I'm not so sure I believe it. > > I just tried a trivial benchmark of a static file I have better benchmarks, I think: http://people.apache.org/~schultz/ApacheCon%20NA%202010/ > On the other hand, there are other good reasons to use Java as a web > server in favor of httpd. Security, for one +1 One could argue (and others have, in another thread) that the app server (with it's usually more-privileged role among servers) is inappropriate to be Internet-facing, and I agree. Were Tomcat to include an HTTP proxying capability (which it doesn't) that performed well (which it could), I might even recommend replacing Apache httpd with Tomcat for static file-serving for just security reasons. Apache httpd is pretty secure, though, in it's default configuration when kept up-to-date. ;) - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk32jNYACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PAHSgCfdWzzez5DQ3CknIuJnhot30mI 8YwAn3aRepmkLQ071mosobQj0CGfiTV6 =opVW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
