Hi, There are so many good features are available in apache, those are beneficial for different aspects: 1. Load balancing: User requests are processed by more than one server with all servers sharing the load 'equally' 2. Transparent failover: User is not aware of a server crash. Transparent failover can be request level or session level. Transparent failover can be achieved by clustering application servers. With clustering, all the servers are the same and so the loss of a server does not interrupt the service. With load balancing alone, the user has to login again when server crashes. 2. Caching static content: Apache gives support to cache static content from backend servers, It increases performance. 3. Server affinity (sticky session): With server affinity, multiple requests from a user are processed by the same server. This is required for non clustered servers as the user session data is held on one server only and all requests from that user have to go to the server which has the session data for the user.
These are some important features provided by Apache, There may be more. Any way it's useful one. I got a great performance after using apache as a load balancer in front of backend servers. Narendra -----Original Message----- From: hoffmandirt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 8:22 AM To: users@httpd.apache.org Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apache HTTP Server and Tomcat Together I have recently started working on a project that uses both Apache HTTP server and Tomcat to host the JSP applications. Basically all of the requests hit the Apache HTTP server first and then they are routed to Tomcat thanks to mod_jk. In my case, only JSP applications are being hosted, so I don't see the need for the Apache HTTP server. What are some advantages/disadvantages of integrating both of these together? Why not keep it simple and use Tomcat only? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Apache-HTTP-Server-and-Tomcat-Together-tp16996606p16996606.html Sent from the Apache HTTP Server - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
