TomCat & Apache

[nraman]

I am re-configuring an environment I inherited, on a Sun Solris box. The box has Apache 1.3 and Tomcat 4.0.3 on it. On a high volume web-site, is Tomcat alone OK, or should Apache be activated to handle page switching?

 

[carpeliam]

Apache is always faster for serving static content. I'd go for using both next to each other. Liam Morley
lmorley@gdc.wpi.edu
"light the deep, and bring silence to the world.
light the world, and bring depth to the silence."

 

[nraman]

Do you knpw where can I get info that quantifies this agreed upon conslusion? Also, would you use 1.3 or 2.o of Apache?

 

[carpeliam]

Well the best resource I could come up with is

http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-3.3-doc/tomcat-apache-howto.html,

that's a tomcat 3.3 doc, however it still holds true.

To quote that page:[blockquote]Up until now we have not discussed Tomcat as a server add on, instead we have considered it as a stand-alone container and discussed how it can be used. There are however a few problems with this picture:[ol][li]Tomcat is not as fast as Apache when it comes to static pages.[/li][li]Tomcat is not as configurable as Apache.[/li][li]Tomcat is not as robust as Apache.[/li][/ol][/blockquote]This stuff still holds true, however I'm unable to find the same thing in the tomcat4 docs.. that doesn't mean it's not true, however Liam Morley
lmorley@gdc.wpi.edu
"light the deep, and bring silence to the world.
light the world, and bring depth to the silence."

 

[nraman]

Thanks for the heads up!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[carpeliam]

whoops, sorry about the blockquote issue.. as far as apache v1 vs v2 goes, I'd go for v2 only because it's newer but as far as real benefits go, I couldn't really tell you. Liam Morley
lmorley@gdc.wpi.edu
"light the deep, and bring silence to the world.
light the world, and bring depth to the silence."