Cherokee is a feature rich, lightning fast and easy to configure open source web server designed for the next generation of highly concurrent secured web applications.
The ease in which it can be setup with very little configuration required! It has been able streamline our development process by allowing us more time spend coding rather than configuring servers/applications etc.. We have not found any downsides yet as we are still using this software but I am sure there will come along soon enough if you use Apache Tomcat or other similar products that do offer some sorta support like mod_jk does (which was one reason why i chose tomcats). If your looking at
Pros
User friendly
Ease to install / maintain
Easy way for beginners just starting web programming environment.
Good documentation available online
Cons
I don't really have any dislikes about this, everything is just fine