>>>>> "Philip" == Philip Mak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Philip> Let's say you have a mod_perl page that returns a 100k document, and a Philip> 28.8k modem downloads that document. Philip> The mod_perl process that is serving that document will be tied up Philip> until that modem finishes downloading the document, which is Philip> inefficient since the mod_perl processes take up a lot of memory. A Philip> lightweight front-end proxy that loads the data from the mod_perl Philip> process all at once and then feeds it to the modem would save memory. Yeah, I did this to stonehenge.com about five months ago, and am now handling about 3-4 times the traffic for the same loadav. All on one machine. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!
