title: Tomcat vs Pivotal tc Server
body: <p>Could anyone advise as to the pros and cons of using Pivotal tc Server as opposed to just vanilla Tomcat for a Spring-MVC Java web application? Could find very little about Pivotal other than on their <a href="https://network.pivotal.io/products/pivotal-tcserver" rel="noreferrer">website</a> and the fact it's packaged as part of the Spring Tool Suite. This lack of info is making me a bit wary about being dependent on it...</p>
  
  <p><strong>Background:</strong> Am preparing the development environment for a Spring-MVC project and currently evaluating whether to use the packaged <a href="http://spring.io/tools/sts" rel="noreferrer">Spring Tool Suite (STS)</a> or just start with the latest Eclipse (possibly combined with the <a href="https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/spring-tool-suite-sts-eclipse-kepler-43" rel="noreferrer">Eclipse STS plugin</a>). Came across Pivotal tc Server as one of the optional components in this plugin.</p>