And you did :-) I'm sorry if my reply sounded grumpy (did it?). I guess
I misinterpreted your intention for open discussion.
No wasn't grumpy I was a little frustrated as the discussion had gone
off the bat from the beginning :(
The reason why I said two TCs is, well, it would be nice to h
If you measure the resource util on the apache boxes while under load,
you may find that you can get by with A single apache instance and 4 tomcat
instances (each on it's own box).
You may be able to but you lose the ability to load balance across the
Apache instances for high-availability.
Nix, I am fully aware of all of this (regarding security permissions
etc) ... I am not trying to solve a problem but rather open a discussion
with the community on how people prefer to structure their systems. Some
run only Tomcat, some run multiple servers with Apache and Tomcat, some
tier the
Let's just say there are complex rewrite rules and funky virtual hosting
happening with some requests being proxied through to Tomcat. Yes yes
mod_jk or mod_jk2 should be being used however apparently when they were
originally testing the connectors they found them to continually fall
over afte
It will depend a great deal on the nature of your application and how
many end users you think you may have. Also, how will you manage your
storage/database (internal to the 5 boxes, external array, two extra
boxes on fail-over etc)? Is your application read heavy or write heavy?
Why? This dis
by compromising Apache or Tomcat the intruder can
effectively impersonate as either tier.
Leon Rosenberg wrote:
On 10/13/05, Peter Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Pro: - enhanced security due to tiers
Why? If tomcat has a security hole, putting an apache in front of it,
wo
Leon Rosenberg wrote:
Option 3. All 5 run tomcats.
What do you need apache for?
I thought this might be a response hence the comment "assuming that both
Apache and Tomcat are used"
Apache is utilised heavily and removing it isn't an option.
Hi All,
I was discussing with someone two common system architectures for a web
application environment and thought I'd extend it to the Tomcat
community to see their views / thoughts.
If we consider that there are 5 servers available, what is the best way
to utilise them assuming that both
