Thanks for reply guys but i think i didnt put my question right ;( let me rephrase it : What is better in terms of response and resource utilisation when we have 2500 hits / min : 1. Directly on tomcat 2. Apache > AJP > tomcat Provided : Not static content to be served. > > You can make the request directly to Tomcat. What port is Tomcat > listening on? Are you willing to open that port directly? Think about > who/what is accessing that servlet. They will need to know that port. > Is that OK? > > singh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> Any Suggestions please? >> >> >>> We have a single servlet application very light weight. >>> >>> It is just like that servlet is called with some parameter and it >>> returns >>> some file from "n" number of files on local file system. >>> >>> It is an old application and some how it is having apache in front of >>> tomcat. >>> >>> What i am thinking is what is more expensive : >>> >>> 1. Request coming to worker MPM in apache> Request sent using AJP to >>> tomcat> >>> tomcat creates a new thread> serves back the request. ( if it is right >>> ) >>> >>> 2. Request directly coming to tomcat> new thread spawned> request >>> served. >>> >>> Please not there is NO static content to be served. >>> >>> Is apache prefork or work MPM better in worker mgmt then tomcat ? >>> >>> Please suggest. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Singh >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server >>> Project. >>> See for more info. >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server >> Project. >> See for more info. >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> >> >> > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. > http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd1_052009 --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx