[pdf]tomcat, So You Want High Performance

So You Want High Performance
By: Peter Lin
Reviewers:
Tim Funk, Mike Curwen,
Remy Maucherat

 

Table of Contents
So You Want High Performance....................................................................... 3
What to Expect.................................................................................................. 3
An Address book Webapp................................................................................ 3
Installing the War file.................................................................................... 4
Features........................................................................................................ 5
How it performs and tuning............................................................................... 5
Enough Jibber Jabber Already, Show me the Data...................................... 6
Myths about Performance and Scalability....................................................... 19
Bandwidth is Unlimited................................................................................ 20
Any ISP Will Do.......................................................................................... 21
Scaling Horizontally Is Preferable To Vertical............................................ 23
You Need The Fastest Web Server To Get The Best Performance...........24
A Website Doesn't Need Much Maintenance............................................. 24
Development Process Is The Problem Not The Server.............................. 24
Performance Strategies.............................................................................. 26
Monitor the Servers..................................................................................... 26
Log Application Performance...................................................................... 26
Generate Nightly Statistics......................................................................... 27
Document Performance Boundaries........................................................... 27
Make Sure Everyone Reads The Documents............................................. 27
Write A Formal Plan For Disaster Recovery............................................... 27
Run Practice Drills...................................................................................... 27
Assign People............................................................................................. 28
Staging Environment................................................................................... 28
Conclusion...................................................................................................................28

 

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