remm 2005/08/01 06:25:25
Modified: webapps/docs apr.xml
Log:
- Add paragraphs on how each connector benefits from APR.
Revision Changes Path
1.8 +22 -0 jakarta-tomcat-catalina/webapps/docs/apr.xml
Index: apr.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-tomcat-catalina/webapps/docs/apr.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.7 -r1.8
--- apr.xml 21 Jul 2005 13:24:53 -0000 1.7
+++ apr.xml 1 Aug 2005 13:25:25 -0000 1.8
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@
<subsection name="HTTP">
<p>
+ When APR is enabled, the HTTP connector will use sendfile for hadling
large static files (all such
+ files will be sent ansychronously using high performance kernel level
calls), and will use
+ a socket poller for keepalive, increasing scalability of the server.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
The following attributes are supported in the HTTP APR connector in
addition to the ones supported
in the regular HTTP connector:
</p>
@@ -155,6 +161,14 @@
<subsection name="HTTPS">
<p>
+ When APR is enabled, the HTTPS connector will use a socket poller for
keepalive, increasing
+ scalability of the server. It also uses OpenSSL, which may be more
optimized than JSSE depending
+ on the processor being used, and can be complemented with many
commercial accelerator components.
+ Unlike the HTTP connector, the HTTPS connector cannot use sendfile to
optimize static file
+ processing.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
The HTTPS APR connector has the same basic attributes than the HTTP
APR connector, but adds
OpenSSL specific ones. For the full details on using OpenSSL, please
refer to OpenSSL documentations
and the many books available for it (see the <a
href="http://www.openssl.org";>Official OpenSSL
@@ -218,6 +232,14 @@
<subsection name="AJP">
<p>
+ When APR is enabled, the AJP connector will use a socket poller for
keepalive, increasing
+ scalability of the server. As AJP is designed around a pool of
persistent (or almost
+ persistent) connections, this will reduce significantly the amount of
processing threads
+ needed by Tomcat. Unlike the HTTP connector, the AJP connector cannot
use sendfile to optimize
+ static file processing.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
The following attributes are supported in the AJP APR connector in
addition to the ones supported
in the regular AJP connector:
</p>
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