Performance benefits of Apache Tomcat native connectors

Question

I have compiled and deployed the native connectors for Tomcat and have run my load testing benchmarks. There is no measurable difference.

So my question is, under which circumstances are native connectors demonstratably faster? and can they be tuned to gain more performance from them.

I do not mean "how do I benchmark to show an increase", but rather what circumstances recommend the use of the connectors. As of yet I cannot see a difference for my application, so I wonder what the benefits of these connectors are.

Answer 1

So it seems I've found my answer through Google:

http://www.devshed.com/c/a/BrainDump/Tomcat-Benchmark-Procedure/

It seems as though the default connector is faster as I am not using SSL. My own performance tests have confirmed this for my application.