Difference between Apache Tomcat server and Apache web server

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.

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Shared Hosting and Dedicated Hosting

Prerequisite

Web Hosting is a service that allows hosting/post web-server applications( website or web page ) on a computer system through which web-browser client can have easy access to electronic content on the Internet.

Web hosting is the main service required to get/post our information from a web server using a web browser. This serves as an address to retrieve the data located at this place form a large data-server. There are several options of web hosting, let us discuss the primarily used options when you get onto Web.

1. Shared Hosting :

Shared hosting is used to allocate web resources with a group of people. In this hosting web server is distributed with other websites and the resources such as memory options, CPU, and other hosting plugins are provided in sharing basis. These types of hosting are good to start with a low load of websites.

Let us see some pros and cons of using shared hosting.

Pros :

◉ Low initial cost to pocket.

◉ Serves as the best advertisement alternatives.

◉ Suitable for low content websites.

Cons :

◉ Resources are shared.

◉ Allocates low bandwidth.

◉ Performance is less.

2. Dedicated Hosting :

Dedicated hosting is used when we need to have full control over the resources. With this, a dedicated server is issued to you with the access level decided by the service provider. With this hosting need to take care of the services which are issued in your name to its use. This is used for the websites having huge load and content.

Let us see some pros and cons of using dedicated hosting.

Pros :

◉ Provides the best performance resulting in fast response time.

◉ Provides necessary business-related services.

◉ Security is more.

Cons :

◉ It requires more cost to set up.

◉ Requires knowledge for perform operations.

◉ Not ideal for first-time users.

Difference between Shared Hosting and Dedicated Hosting :

Shared Hosting	Dedicated Hosting
Server and resources are shared with many other clients.	Server and resources are not shared with anyone.
One server many websites are being hosted.	One server is dedicated used by an individual.
The bandwidth per user is limited.	There is no limit for the bandwidth to use.
The storage option is kept limited as to provide equal shares.	The user has full control over the storage options within the server.
Performance is low as a full server is used to handle multiple websites.	Performance is much high as a full server is used to handle one website.
Maintenance cost is divided among the multiple users which costs less.	Maintenance cost is the responsibility of the user which costs more.
The chance of getting into blacklisting is high as multiple websites are running under a single server.	The chance of getting into blacklisting is minimal as only one website is running on a single server.
Response time is slow due to more websites.	Response time is fast due to a single website.
Security is minimal as resources are shared.	Security is best as a single user has control over the server.
Examples – Domain.com, Hostinger shared, iPage, etc.	Examples – Inmotion Hosting, Hostwinds, IONOS hosting, etc.

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