Thanks Filip, The link that I pasted below led me to think Comet servlet wouldn't work when applying the Yale CAS SSO filter that I use. I'll see how it goes.
Regards, Mike On 9/24/07, Filip Hanik - Dev Lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In Tomcat 6 we have the Comet servlet, you would have to use 6.0.x > trunk, since there is a connection reuse bug in 6.0.14 > > > Filip > > > Mike Crawford wrote: > > Hi Filip, > > > > The reason I want to use more threads is because of the nature of our > AJAX > > client. 'Sleeping' threads on the server seems like a viable option > > compared to polling, and therefore I'm wondering how many threads to > use. > > Other options include Jetty 6 'Continuation' or equivalents - > > http://blogs.webtide.com/gregw/2006/07/25/1153845234453.html to handle > this > > problem. I'd prefer to stick with Tomcat if it is scalable with AJAX > > clients that require a lot of talk between client-server. > > > > Regards, > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > On 9/24/07, Filip Hanik - Dev Lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Threads in hundreds, or lower one thousand is ok, if you need more, > >> question yourself :) > >> ie, if you need more concurrency, simply turn of keep alives. > >> > >> Having too many threads will do the following > >> > >> 1. Eat up a good chunk of memory > >> 2. Your system will spend too much time context switching > >> > >> Filip > >> > >> Mike Crawford wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I'd like to know if there are any gotchas from increasing maxThreads > >>> > >> well > >> > >>> beyond the standard 150. For instance, on a new Dell 1950 dual-core > >>> > >> with > >> > >>> 4GB RAM, why not try 300 or even thousands of threads? I will be > >>> > >> putting > >> > >>> Lighty or Apache in front of Tomcat, which is also a potential > >>> > >> bottleneck. > >> > >>> Thanks for your time, > >>> > >>> Mike Crawford > >>> > >>> > >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> > >>> No virus found in this incoming message. > >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >>> Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1027 - Release Date: > >>> > >> 9/24/2007 11:27 AM > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1027 - Release Date: > 9/24/2007 11:27 AM > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
