> From: Martin Gainty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Why use a Web Server over Tomcat? > > Apache is considerably lighter on its feet to serve static > pages and images quicker than TC
While that was true several years ago, the current versions of Tomcat achieve virtually identical performance when delivering static content. Adding the overhead of another comm node for every request will hurt performance, not enhance it. Others have presented valid reasons for using httpd, but performance isn't one of them. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
