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Hi everyone,
A newbie question: can Tomcat run as a standalone server, independantly of Apache or IIS? If so, why bother running the other servers at all?
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Absolutely. You can run Tomcat either independently or with other web servers such as Apache, IIS. Integration with other web server is a choice, some people like it some people don't. Personally I use <a href="http://www.caucho.com">Resin </a>, which fast and simple installation and simple integration with Apache, supports JSP 1.2 and Servlets 2.3 specifications.

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The reason why Tomcat is often fronted by some other webserver - such as Apache - is that Tomcat's power comes at a price. Tomcat's written in Java and has connectors in it for Java services. When all you need is to fetch an html file and send it, its overhead is higher than that of something like Apache. So, if you have a high-volume website and performance is an issue, you let Apache do what it does best and Tomcat do what IT does best.
 
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