I think this may depend on what you intend to do on the server. Database? CPU intensive calculations? Calling out to some other web services?
If you use Apache plus Tomcat, then you can set up load balancing. Depending on the system it's running on, it should be able to process a large volume of 'fast' calls. (Calls that don't need to do much computation or IO). If you are thinking of making calls to other servers or slow processes, you might also consider Jetty, with it's super nice 'continuations' feature, although it can be tough to make work with GWT. Once it's set up though, you can handle a very large number of concurrent requests. I am not sure if Tomcat has support for suspendable requests. In fact, if you are planning on some sort of event-driven interaction, then continuations may be a necessity. On Sep 9, 1:36 pm, Karel <karel.cromb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey guys, > > I'm currently investigating the possibilities of using GWT to develop > a facebook browser game. The client should pose no problem; the main > issue here seems to be the server. For starters, I don't want to use a > php backend, because that would give up one of the main advantages of > using GWT: that you can share code between client and server. So I > need a java-based solution for the server. > > I'm not sure if Tomcat is up to the task of being the backend for a > browser game with potentially millions of concurrent users. I looked > into alternatives, but I can't really find any suitable. Node.js seems > interesting; it's very scalable and powerful, but it's obviously in > javascript. If I could somehow use the client-side compiler to > translate the server-side code from java to js as well, then I might > be able to use a wrapper around node.js to build a java-based server > which runs entirely on javascript. I'm not sure if this would be > faster or more scalable than Tomcat though... > > What's your opinion? Do you think Tomcat is up to the task of hosting > the backend of a farmville-style game, or not? And what of potential > alternatives such as node.js? I would like to hear your opinion! > > Kind regards, > Karel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
