Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 10:40:10 +0200 From: peceka <peceka@gmail.com> To: Kipp Holger <h.kipp@eurowings.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and very heavy web server Message-ID: <f0f70e5e05042201401e90484e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BA84A761ED41C54893BED691A4A574CF97731D@EXCH5.eurowings.com> References: <BA84A761ED41C54893BED691A4A574CF97731D@EXCH5.eurowings.com>
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On 4/21/05, Kipp Holger <h.kipp@eurowings.com> wrote: >=20 > peceka wrote on Thu 21.04.2005 11:02 >=20 > > i must set up a web server. I want to do this on FreeBSD 5.X. and > > Apache 1.3 for this and php4. >=20 > What do you mean by 'very heavy web server'? Please be more specific. >=20 > - Do you expect many parallel connections? Default configuration > allows for 512 child processes with apache, so you might want > to set this higher during compilation (eg set to 1024). Yes, I expect many parallel connections...=20 I've got two machines for that, so traffic will be divided by DNS round robin. But 1024 child processes will be good thing too, thanks. > - Does it make sense to separate static and dynamic requests? > You might want to use separate servers(*) for static and > dynamic requests, using a quick low-footprint webserver for > static requests that allows for many parallel requests. Maybe > lighttpd is all you need (ymmv) Unfortunately, all pages will be dynamic :\ > - Make sure you don't run out of mbufs, open file descriptors etc. Ok, I'll have an eye open on this. Thanks. Best Regards, p.
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