Advice on setting up a HTTP server for APEX

Hi Experts,
I'm very busy to setup an application in APEX, and we're about to deploy it on our production servers.
Database side is fine, but I got some questions about the HTTP server.
(I come from an engineering background, working with databases for a couple of years but the whole HTTP world is pretty new for me).
- What is the best option for HTTP server?
I've been testing apex_listener stand-alone now, and under GlassFish server.
When we move to production, I'm looking at:
- max 10 concurrent users
- windows 2003 based webserver
- APEX 4.1
- oracle 10.2
- After we installed APEX on the database server, do we have to keep the apex files available, or can I just remove it?
(I know I need the apex\images folder on the webserver).

Hi JP,
- What is the best option for HTTP server?
I've been testing apex_listener stand-alone now, and under GlassFish server.The standalone mode is intended to be used for development/testing purposes only. If you plan a productive deployment, use a "full-blown" JEE server. GlassFish is one option. If it's the one you'll want depends on your production scenario and your previous experiences with JEE servers. You'll get a full list of all officially supported JEE servers in the requirements section of the Installation Guide.
- After we installed APEX on the database server, do we have to keep the apex files available, or can I just remove it?
(I know I need the apex\images folder on the webserver).You can simply remove the installation package, though you might want to keep a few files for maintenance/development tasks, e.g. the apxchpwd.sql in order to be reset the password for the APEX internal ADMIN, and the contents of apex\utilities if you ever have to reset the images prefix or want to use the java-based APEX export for command line/script based export of (multiple) APEX applications.
-Udo

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