OK, thanks for the tip. John
> -----Original Message----- > From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:craigmcc@;apache.org] > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 12:13 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: how many tomcat in a machine? > > > > > On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Turner, John wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 08:27:56 -0500 > > From: "Turner, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: 'Tomcat Users List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: how many tomcat in a machine? > > > > > > A key problem to using a single Tomcat instance with multiple web > > applications is that a problem with Tomcat or a problem > with one single web > > app effects all the others. In a shared server environment > (application > > service provider, for example) you would be better off > having multiple > > instances of Tomcat so that you can manage each instance > separately without > > effecting the others. > > > > The other side of the coin is that sharing a single Tomcat > instance saves > a ***lot*** of memory, because the "system classes" are shared. > > You can mitigate most, but not all, of the impacts apps can > have on each > other by using a security manager that is appropriately > configured. Glenn > Nielsen (a Tomcat developer) has posted quite a few helpful > documents to > TOMCAT-USER on how to set this up -- see the mailing list archives for > details. And, if you're coming to Las Vegas for ApacheCon > next week, his > session on how to do this is a "must attend" for anyone contemplating > setting up this sort of thing. > > > John > > Craig > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
