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From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
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On Sat, 27 Jan 1996, Anthony Hill wrote:

> I have used apache, and NCSA 4.0/4.1, both were easy to install and 
> setup, apache is in the ports collection, and NCSA installs with no 
> modifications. I used NCSA as a deamon and from inetd, but have only used 
> apache as a deamon - the docs recommend against using apache from inetd.
> (Anyone know why ?)

Apache can manage multiple connections better than inetd can -- Apache 
spawns off 4 or so instances; inetd spawns 1 for every connection, which 
can get costly in terms of time and memory.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major