Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 13:11:58 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Chris <kingsqueak@home.com> Cc: Steve Lewis <nepolon@systray.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Scaling Apache? Message-ID: <20000828131158.G1209@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <20000828154319.A5393@daemon.kingsqueak.org>; from kingsqueak@kingsqueak.org on Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 03:43:19PM -0400 References: <20000828114314.Y1209@fw.wintelcom.net> <Pine.BSF.4.05.10008281156450.22201-100000@greg.ad9.com> <20000828150743.D4912@daemon.kingsqueak.org> <20000828121932.E1209@fw.wintelcom.net> <20000828154319.A5393@daemon.kingsqueak.org>
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* Chris <kingsqueak@kingsqueak.org> [000828 12:50] wrote: > > > > Then again one might want to investigate a server solution that > > could cut hardware and space costs by a factor of 2 at least. > > > > -Alfred > > Such as...? > > Roxen, very very kewl if you want to use RXML and you have no > application tier to integrate. Though it is a tremendous pig compared > to Apache <RAM and CPU>. Zues Zues Zeus, or thttpd, there's even AOLserver. > What else? Nothing I'd trust with a production tier, nothing > lighter/faster than Apache that is well supported for use with an > application tier in an Enterprise environment. Calling apache 'lighter/faster' is like calling... urm are you sure we're talking about the same apache here? > Also with 1U servers, ~45 of which will fit in a single vertical rack, > fully hardware load balanced... how can you beat that bang/buck/space > even with the cost of a hardware load balancing solution? By using a server that doesn't require that much fluff and horsepower. > To run the other solutions, Roxen, NES/iPlanet you need the 'bigger > hammer' approach and man E250's are expensive to start stacking up. > > Of course using Apache in this method, you will need an application tier > that is capable of clustering and state keeping. I wasn't advocating Roxen on the basis that it was quicker than apache, just as an alternative to it, I honestly haven't used it and I'm quite suprised there's things out there that are slower than apache. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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