APR/Native: when to use it?

[Aggarwal, Ajay]

Couple of APR related questions:

 

1.       Is it always advisable to use APR if tomcat is the main web
server? Does it provide better performance for core tomcat engine or do
you need to write code to take advantage of it? What are the pros and
cons of using it? Are there cons?

2.       Will it provide better performance for SSL connectors?  

 

Thanks.

 

-Ajay