Ok, thanks for the advice. If it means removing one more layer of complexity, I'm all for it.
Best, Alec On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:57 PM, Christopher Schultz < ch...@christopherschultz.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Alec, > > On 9/20/13 2:03 PM, Tomcat Random wrote: > > Chris, Thanks for correcting the misdirected reply. > > > > "Do you mean it's not working under load, or you haven't yet tried > > it under load?" > > > > I mean I haven't tested it under load yet. > > > > One of the main reasons for choosing APR is is that I was under > > the impression it's good at serving large static files. My site has > > some large swf files - one is ~8mb (it's a game site). > > > > The docs on APR say, "When APR is enabled, the HTTP connector will > > use sendfile for handling large static files (all such files will > > be sent asynchronously using high performance kernel level calls), > > and will use a socket poller for keepalive, increasing scalability > > of the server." > > The NIO connector also supports sendfile, and avoids blocking I/O for > keepalives. > > > Your recommendation is NIO is comparable to APR in non-ssl > > performance (as above for large static files) and more stable, and > > it would be better to switch to that? > > I'm suggesting that NIO might be a comparable choice to APR with the > added benefit of removing some complexity (that of installing a native > library) to your deployment. > > - -chris > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (Darwin) > Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJSPRk7AAoJEBzwKT+lPKRYv5oP/1JZhzlnNfhPI7LLPJKegf5T > Nk1Hd5DDPLoa58ihhnntQ0le0dOK6x+6LcktoIr1qvP9q2IiBupwF2HRnW4okW9O > Db3p4vr0/9IioRPCkHpEcG6J+JR0L93SEDucqFpLQCAaR6x9Yc/ziGqO241sPhJD > 5BmEBPBi+Kl+OD+UNhrMpyzNKf/zdmzjJu7oMl97DS6kNmx6gf2rvEwBS2Iec6xV > NgfzqQ/6faSIsFv5AseHIXmYkZcifyegUYemQt+ZtNs7z9C0rx7Gd1Hh6ls2mjlG > WD4Y2yILg8WouDZXJXEhGU5Pq65iVCoYPTWTF4tvJS0aU4AYVx5opiSZNeZy6vGl > UAsX7lpTDgQ/VXfEOHmslvZsHorkOnh6z9CcVDtjcZYf+mFouGy3CXJROTcUizJg > pzwghiT4jX9xcUWaf13CjuqBMo5SwsSqkkf4HY2vFDBDfn70bIG8k+FdjjTjKjv1 > hZwkGc4Ysc0h0b2vKCYgI78fwydDvdnoNEJ50IONP6coxo4fSdaFCaFCQ/gXKVLG > puMVkbE5WAkgxFBcM0zms5U9oqAQ2ZnwlGMB6tM1/GvnIQYgAiqqDVgEwm/wbWct > XYxPIHakMXtJZRPY5lECQzmbHMZX4HnJ/si53lKQ2JeT79JC+Pesox0fNobU2eD1 > K5Wu5Y96NL5F+Frl3wOE > =9/4N > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
