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Difference between Apache Tomcat server and Apache web server

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Apache Tomcat server: Apache Tomcat is a web container. It allows the users to run Servlet and JAVA Server Pages that are based on the web-applications. It can be used as the HTTP server. The performance of the Tomcat server is not as good as the designated web server. It can be used as separate product with its own internal Web-server. It can also be used as mutually with the others Web-servers which include Apache, Microsoft Internet Information Server, and Microsoft Personal Web-server. 

Apache Web server: Apache web-server is designed to create the web-servers. It can host one or more HTTP based web-servers. It is used by the various web-hosting companies for the mutual web-hosting. It is the oldest web-server. 

Difference between the Apache Tomcat server and Apache web server: 
 

Apache Tomcat Server

Apache Web Server

This server is a JSP/Servlet container. This server is a HTTP server. It serves the files through the HTTP protocol.
It can handle both static pages and dynamic pages. The static pages are generated using HTML. The dynamic pages are generated using Servlet and JSP. It can handle static pages which are generated using HTML. It can handle dynamic content which are coded in PHP, Ruby or other languages only through add-on modules offered by Apache or any other client.
It can be used only for hosting JAVA based code. It can be used to host applications written in any programming language.
It is not capable for the requests/response processing. It is the container that can manage the entire lifecycle of the pages which are generated through the Servlet & JSP. It is capable of request/ response & load balancing.
It can be coded in pure JAVA. It is only coded in C programming language.
Apache Tomcat server is slower compare to Apache web server. Apache Web server is  faster compare to Apache Tomcat server.
It can be more robust compare to Apache web server. it can be less robust compare to Apache Tomcat server.

 


Last Updated : 16 Jun, 2022
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