- Tomcat is the Apache full support of the Java Web Application Server ( Note: the servlet container ) , because of its excellent stability and a wealth of documentation, extensive use of the crowd, so that the most widely favored in the open source field.
2. Jboss as a Java EE application server, it is not only the Servlet container, but EJB container, thus welcomed by enterprise developers, which make up the Tomcat just a Servlet regret container.
Tomcat server is a free open-source the Web application server, technology advanced, stable performance, and it's free, and thus by Java favorite lover and has been recognized by some software developers. It occupied its runtime system resources are small, scalable, and supports load balancing commonly used functions and e-mail services, development and application systems. As a small, lightweight application server, Tomcat is not widely used in many occasions small and medium systems and concurrent user access has become more popular Web application server.
The JBoss Web using industry best open source Java Web engine, the Java community, most downloaded, most users, the most comprehensive standards support Tomcat kernel as its Servlet container engine, and be reviewed and tuning. Pure Tomcat performance is limited, in many places there is a lack of performance, such as connectivity support activities, static content, large files and HTTPS and so on. In addition to performance issues, Tomcat Another big drawback is that it is a limited integration platform, only to run Java applications. Enterprises in the use of Tomcat , often need to deploy Apache Web Server to integrate with them. This configuration is more complicated, and can not guarantee the performance superiority.
JBoss in Tomcat based on its localization, the Tomcat inline integrated into JBoss in. JBoss Web by using the APR and Tomcat native technologies of hybrid model to solve the Tomcat 's many problems. Hybrid technology model from the latest operating system offers the best technology in the thread and event handling. The results, JBoss Web reached the scalability , performance parameters to match or even surpass the local Apache HTTP Server or IIS . Such as JBoss Web can provide a database connection pool service, not only supports JSP and other Java technology, and also supports other Web integration technologies, such as PHP , the .NET camps.