There was a desire to be able to tune some of the server parameters while the server was running in order to avoid certain cases where a restart would result in the loss of various caches which had already been warmed up. Admittedly this requirement came from requirements for various AOL properties, but most of the new features in 4.5 came about this way.
- n On 8/2/07, Dossy Shiobara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2007.08.01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One of the hallmarks of AOLserver has always been ease of configuration. > > My sense is that we're drifting away from that? > > Frankly, one of the biggest FAQ's is "how do I tune AOLserver?" IMHO, > "ease of configuration" is "less to manually tune" which means settings > need to be able to be adjusted at runtime. > > Seriously, what value does being able to set max connections manually > really offer? What people really want is a server that uses resources > efficiently but in a way which doesn't run itself out of resources and > starve itself. Rarely do I actually hear people say "yes, I really want > to limit the number of connections" but rather "I want to allow as many > connections as my hardware can handle--how high should I set > max connections?" > > AOLserver is going to become even easier to set up and configure. These > are growing pains, unfortunately. > > -- Dossy > > -- > Dossy Shiobara | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://dossy.org/ > Panoptic Computer Network | http://panoptic.com/ > "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own > folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70) > > > -- > AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ > > To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the > body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the > Subject: field of your email blank. > -- Nathan Folkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
