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. -- f.a.n.finch dot@dotat.at fanf@demon.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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