I think the only difference here is that Tomcat is a Servlet/JSP engine while Weblogic is a Servlet/JSP engine *and* EJB container (in a few words weblogic is a proper Application Server). Unfortunatelly while one of the most popular Servlet/JSP engines (Tomcat) comes for free, the most popular EJB containers cost money. The good news is that there are several out there that are for free. If you want take a look here for a review of some of the EJB servers: http://www.mgm-edv.de/ejbsig/ejbservers_tabled.html Tomcat is ideal as a standalone server for web sites with a little traffic. For bigger web sites (up to 70k - 120k) it is advisable to run Tomcat in conjuction with Apache. I have been using Tomcat with Apache for the past two years and I had no problems so far.
24/10/2001 12:04:17, Joseph Ottinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Tomcat doesn't do what weblogic does. Weblogic is a J2EE container; >Tomcat >is a servlet container. J2EE is more than servlets. > >You might also consider Orion (www.orionserver.com) - it's also a J2EE >container, runs much faster than WebLogic (although BEA won't allow >anyone >to publish benchmarks - I wonder why?) and has a price tag of $1500, >compared to BEA's open pricing. > >--------------------------------------------------- >Joseph B. Ottinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://adjacency.org IT Consultant > > > >>From: Daniel Jaffa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification and >>reference <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: Platform choice advice for deploying a website >>Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 04:11:58 +0000 >> >>Getting a little off topic here: Can tomcat handle load of up to 70k - >120k >>hits an hour. Or would i have to go to a product like WebLogic. >> >>The reason i ask is that i have been building with weblogic and when it >>comes time for the client to pay the bill they always gag at the price. >>And >>if TomCat + apache can fit the bill for free well then of TomCat i will >go. >> >> >> >> >>----Original Message Follows---- >>specification and reference <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>This is actually a current topic of discussion on the >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list. >> >>What I mentioned is more of a rule of thumb since I don't know of any >>Tomcat+Apache benchmarks. You would need to look into your own business >>needs and performance criteria. When you look at volume you don't just >need >>to look at the number of hits. You have to look at the information that >you >>are serving. What is it? Is it a set of static pages or a set of >dynamic? >>How many requests of that content do you really need to handle per >second? >> >>As for security, Tomcat 4.0 has container-managed security that you can >>install on a per webapp basis. Among other things, you also can setup >>access >>logging and ssi. >> >>Justy >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Haseltine, Celeste" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 12:52 PM >>Subject: Re: Platform choice advice for deploying a website >> >> >> > Justyna, >> > >> > This addresses an issue we have been discussing up here at work. Is >the >> > "rule of thumb" always "the number of static pages vs the number of >>dynamic >> > pages" in determining whether you need to run a JSP/Servlet server >as a >> > stand alone server, or in conjunction with an HTML server, such as >>Apache >>or >> > IIS? What weight in the decision process do you give the "volume" >or >> > "number of hits" you expect your web site to generate in making your >> > decision regarding servers? And where do security considerations >play >>into >> > the decision making process regarding using a stand alone JSP server >vs >>an >> > HTML and JSP server together (such as Apache + Tomcat), or do they >play >>in >> > at all? >> > >> > My thanks in advance to anyone with additional advice on this topic. >>Also, >> > if anyone has any good references/sites that discuss this topic in >>general, >> > I would be interested in them. >> > >> > Celeste >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: horwat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 1:51 PM >> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Subject: Re: Platform choice advice for deploying a website >> > >> > >> > You can minimize your pain threshold by analyzing what type of >server >>you >> > need. Is it going to be large volume with many static pages and a >couple >>of >> > dynamic pages? Then you should use Apache + Tomcat. >> > >> > Now, if your server isn't going to be large volume or has mostly >dynamic >> > pages then you should really consider running Tomcat standalone. You >>dynamic >> > pages would not be relayed through Apache but be served directly by >>Tomcat. >> > It is much easier to configure Tomcat standalone than configure two >>servers >> > and the connector between them. >> > >> > As for documentation, I would look at the apache site for both >products: >> > >> > http://www.apache.org >> > http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat >> > >> > Justy >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Paul Idusogie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 3:06 PM >> > Subject: Platform choice advice for deploying a website >> > >> > >> > > Hello Folks: >> > > >> > > I need your advice on the best approach due to budgetry >constraints. >> > > I'm considering learning Linux to deploy my website using apache >as my >> > > web server and tomcat as the servlet container. Could any one >provide >> > > suggestions on books, linux version and the pain threshold. >> > > >> > > I can not afford Windows 2000 server software. >> > > >> > > >> >> >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp >> >>======================================================================= >==== >>To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff >>JSP-INTEREST". >>For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST >>DIGEST". >>Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: >> >>http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html >>http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html >>http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp >>http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp >>http://www.jspinsider.com > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > >======================================================================== >=== >To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff >JSP-INTEREST". >For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST >DIGEST". >Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: > > http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html > http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp > http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp > http://www.jspinsider.com > =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". 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