Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-tomcat-user-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 63163 invoked from network); 12 Jun 2002 11:59:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO nagoya.betaversion.org) (192.18.49.131) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 12 Jun 2002 11:59:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 4199 invoked by uid 97); 12 Jun 2002 11:59:30 -0000 Delivered-To: qmlist-jakarta-archive-tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 4130 invoked by uid 97); 12 Jun 2002 11:59:29 -0000 Mailing-List: contact tomcat-user-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Tomcat Users List" Reply-To: "Tomcat Users List" Delivered-To: mailing list tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 4114 invoked by uid 98); 12 Jun 2002 11:59:28 -0000 X-Antivirus: nagoya (v4198 created Apr 24 2002) Reply-To: From: "John Roth" To: "'Tomcat Users List'" Subject: RE: How well does tomcat 4.0.03 work as a HTTP server? Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 07:59:16 -0400 Message-ID: <00f801c21208$9546d200$010a010a@JROTH> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <011f01c211d7$7277cd50$d30a0a0a@lark> X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on tech/Providersolutions(Release 5.0.2b |December 16, 1999) at 06/12/2002 07:55:56 AM, Serialize by Router on tech/Providersolutions(Release 5.0.2b |December 16, 1999) at 06/12/2002 07:55:57 AM, Serialize complete at 06/12/2002 07:55:57 AM Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N I agree with Trevor. Here are a few things to think about as well: 1. Tomcat performance vs. dedicated web server (Apache or IIS): Tomcat (supposedly) is not as efficient at serving static content. We switched off of IIS/Tomcat because of a problem with SSL and large file uploads to Tomcat standalone. Because our app is 90% dynamic content, our tests showed no change in performance. If your app is highly static, a dedicated web server offers some better 'tweaking' capabilities (such as cacheing static images, etc). Try it & measure your differences. 2. Using Tomcat in standalone mode does take a layer of complexity out of the configuration. 3. Drawback: inability to use any other scripting languages in addition to jsps, such as CGI, PHP, ASP Just some food for thought! John -----Original Message----- From: Trevor Nielsen [mailto:tnielsen@wedgetail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 2:08 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: How well does tomcat 4.0.03 work as a HTTP server? Tomcat works fine as a regular HTTP server, but does not server up pages as well as a dedicated HTTP server like Apache. It also does not allow for the fine-tuning and advanced features of a dedicated HTTP server (this is the reason that many people use Tomcat to serve jsps/servlets from behind Apache). As long as your are only planning to serve up pages to a small load and in the most basic configuration, Tomcat should be fine. Trevor. ----- Original Message ----- From: "S W" To: "Tomcat Users List" Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 2:23 PM Subject: How well does tomcat 4.0.03 work as a HTTP server? > HI Everyone, > > I'm curious has anyone used Tomcat as a regular http > server, and would you recommend it? > > The reason I'm asking this quesion is because I'm not > sure if it would be better to use IIS to redirect the > Java pages to the Tomcat server or if it would be > better to serve the htm pages straight from the Tomcat > server. > > My concerns: > - Adding IIS ads another layer leaving more chances > for errors to occur > - My knowledge of tomcat is limited at the moment as > this is the first website I'm setting up using tomcat. > > > Thank you any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: For additional commands, e-mail: