----- Original Message ----- > From: "Caldarale, Charles R" <chuck.caldar...@unisys.com> > To: Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org> > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 1:16 PM > Subject: RE: Tomcat with Cisco ACE Load Balancer > >> From: Tauqir Akhtar [mailto:takh...@jny.com] >> Subject: RE: Tomcat with Cisco ACE Load Balancer > >> All I am trying here to implement Tomcat in Load Balanced Environment. > >> Please if you can guide me . > > Pid's words still stand: > > "Impossible to say, we don't know anything about your application, > server spec, environment, current performance, etc etc etc." > > You're not going to get any kind of definitive answer on a support mailing > list. You need to set up a prototype Tomcat cluster or two, test it with a > simulated load that's as close to your real-world traffic as you can get, > fix whatever problems you find, and repeat until you're happy. > > - Chuck
I'll go a little further out on the limb than Chuck and Pid. You can run multiple Tomcats from one "installation". See RUNNING.txt in the current 7.0.x or 6.0.x distribution on how to do this. That being said, the other comments are spot on. Here are some considerations that you need to deal with. 1. Does your application make use of EJBs? If so, then Tomcat may not be the right choice. 2. Does your application make use of distributed transactions? If so, you can make Tomcat work with some additional applications, but again it may not be the right choice. 3. How many Tomcats? As Chuck and Pid have pointed out this is application-dependent, and will require testing on your part. 4. Sessions? Does your application use sessions? If so, how are they handled in a cluster of Weblogic servers? There is documentation on how to set up clustering on the Tomcat web site. 4. Changes to Cisco ACE configuration? First of all, this is an ACE question. Is the round robin modified by stickiness? If so, does that stickiness depend on cookies sent by the Weblogic server? Again, this is an application-related question. I'm sure I can think of a lot more questions given time. However, these questions should help you start thinking along the right lines. Once you've answered these (and other) questions, then you can ask specific questions on the list, such as: 1. I'm running 4 Tomcat 7.0.14 instances on a single server. Here are my server.xml files. I'm getting the following exceptions when trying to start the servers. What am I missing? 2. What's a good way to start multiple Tomcat 7.0.14 servers at boot time on a RedHat Linux system (version, etc.)? For load testing, you could use JMeter and the access log sampler to generate tests (you do keep access logs, right?). Hopefully this is enough to get you started. The other solution is to pay someone to do this (hint, it's not cheap). I'm sure there are people on the list (me included) who would do this for a fee. . . . . just my two cents. /mde/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
