2008/4/12, Christopher Schultz <
chris@...>:
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> Francis,
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> Francis Galiegue wrote:
> | Apache is much better at serving static content...
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> To be fair, Apache httpd and Tomcat are about equal. But, if you are
> already using Apache httpd, you may as well have it serve the static
> content instead of forwarding such requests to Tomcat.
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> Sorry to pick nits, but the fallacy that Tomcat sucks as a static
> content server just needs to die.
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Well, the performance tests we did (Tomcat 5.0.x/Coyote vs Apache
2.0.x/AJP13/Tomcat 5.0.x) surely didn't account for it being a
"fallacy". I don't know whether this has changed in 5.5.x/6.x, but
Coyote doesn't know about mod_expires and keepalive, for one. And that
makes a huge difference.
--
Francis Galiegue,
fgaliegue@...
"When it comes to performance, weight is everything" - Tiff Needell
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