Apex on 10gR2 -- Use 11g or 10g HTTP Server?

We're just starting an Apex development effort, and have a couple of environmental limitations to respect in our production and test environments...
i) 10gR2 database
ii) Separation of database and web tiers
Given these constraints we'll be using the Oracle HTTP Server on a different host to the 10gR2 database, so my question is this: are there pros and cons to sticking with the 10g OHS versus adopting the 11g OHS straight off? Do we gain/lose anything in terms of complexity, stability, performance, integration with LDAP, platform options, licensing ... ?
Thanks in advance for any help.

Any errors in error_log? Does strace -p <http pid> reveal anything? Not sure if Suse Linux has pstack command. If yes, run pstack <http pid> and search on Google for the stack trace.
Yong Huang
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>
I got your point but in our case HTTP Server and Oracle Database (APEX) running on different machines.
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>
<ul><li>
I got your point but in our case HTTP Server and Oracle Database (APEX) running on different machines.Did I missed something?
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</li>
<li>Oracle HTTP Server running on a Windows 2003 server and Oracle Database running on Sun Solaris machine.As long as [url http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37097_01/doc/install.42/e35123/otn_install.htm#BHAFJJDA]dads.conf is configured correctly there should not be a problem with this.
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</li>
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