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Date:      Fri, 26 Mar 1999 18:24:23 +0000
From:      Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
To:        isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Need help fine-tuning a web server (fwd)
Message-ID:  <E10QbHL-00041Y-00@fanf.noc.demon.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9903260706250.1482-100000@heaven.gigo.com>
References:  <36FBA273.F6108F6B@eclipse.net.uk>

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<jfesler@gigo.com> wrote:
>
>- Perl apps can be _tremendously_ helped with mod_perl
>  http://perl.apache.org .

If you don't trust the perl enough to run it in the server (e.g.
customer scripts on a shared server) you can improve exec time a lot
by statically linking perl.

>Now, if most of your content is static, the above won't buy you much and
>possibly hurt (memory-wise) ;-).  The previous comment of a proxy front
>end is especially useful - it will know the difference between static
>content and dynamic content, and only invoke use of the heavier httpd's as
>needed.

Yep. And with a bit of hacking you can use a reverse proxy to spread
the load or even have special-purpose back-end servers.

Tony.
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f.a.n.finch  dot@dotat.at  fanf@demon.net


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