Because netty has implemented an event loop mechanizm that alows for efficient handoff of incomming connections. Tomcat still uses model one thread per request.

Because netty has implemented an event loop mechanizm that alows for efficient handoff of incomming connections. Tomcat still uses model one thread per request.

This is a pretty intreting article on the issue:

https://kamilszymanski.github.io/resources-utilization-in-reactive-services/