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What is the difference between Web Server and Application
Server
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Answer / subhranghshu bhattacharjee
web server only use for web application.
but application server use both web application and ejb
application.because application server have both web
container and ejb container,but web server have only web
container
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Answer / guest
webservers contain only static content. It serves only
html,jsp files,servlets, image files.
Appserver contain dynamic content. It serves ejb's .
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Answer / faraz
Web Server: web server only use for web application.
webservers contain only static content.
It serves only html,jsp files,servlets, image files.
Also when any request comes to it ..It just send back the
response in files.No processing or business logic takes
place.
e.g : Microsoft IIS server
Application Server:
Application server use both web application and ejb
application.
Application server have both web container and ejb
container.
When request comes it process the whole request,Business
Logic of the application took part in it.
Applicationserver contain dynamic content. It serves ejb's .
e.g : JBoss.
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Answer / sheshadri
Basic difference b/w a web server & application server is
WebServer can handle only http protocol whereas the
application server supports all protocols like http,FTP etc.
Application servers uses scalability & various fault
tolerance techniques which webservers won't.
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Answer / rajendra
WeServer is used to serve only dynamic content of the application in order to improve the performance of the application . Its just like reducing the workload of the application server . On the other hand application server is used to server DYNAMIC content which can be both EJB and WEB module .
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Answer / m.sivakumar
Web Server: web server only use for web application.
webservers contain only static content.
It serves only html,jsp files,servlets, image files.
Application Server:
Application server use both web application and ejb application.
Application server have both web container and ejb container.
Applicationserver contain dynamic content. It serves ejb's .
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