3 Replies Latest reply on Jan 23, 2009 2:11 PM by peterj

    JBossWeb Server vs. Tomcat&Apache

    xcenogar

      Hi everyone

      After reading some documentation about the JBoss Web Server I am still confused about something:
      which are the real differences between JBoss Web Server and Tomcat?

      I know that it is common to integrate Tomcat with Apache Web Server using the mod_jk module. In this way, Apache Web Server will serve the static content itself, and will redirect to Tomcat the dynamic requests (jsp, etc...)

      Is it necessary to connect Apache Web Server to JBoss Web to improve performance? Or is Apache already integrated in Jboss? I have read that Jboss includes APR (Apache Portable Runtime) but i dont really know what it means.

      Thanks for any kind of advice
      Best regards
      X

        • 1. Re: JBossWeb Server vs. Tomcat&Apache
          peterj

          JBoss Web Server, even without the APR addons, can handle both static and dynamic content.

          One of the reasons for fronting JBoss Web Server with Apache HTTPD was to improve performance. With the APR addon, this is no longer necessary - APR provides the performance improvement.

          The other reason to front JBoss Web Server with Apache HTTPD was to distribute requests to a cluster. You will still need HTTPD for this.

          • 2. Re: JBossWeb Server vs. Tomcat&Apache
            mattzyzy

            Hi PeterJ ,
            here what you wrote ..

            The other reason to front JBoss Web Server with Apache HTTPD was to distribute requests to a cluster. You will still need HTTPD for this.


            Could you or anyone here give me some good howtos links on this , particularly apache 2.0 or 2.2 .

            Thank you in advance..

            • 3. Re: JBossWeb Server vs. Tomcat&Apache
              peterj

              There is information in the wiki or docs about this.