If it makes you feel comfortable
we are starting to deploy it for internal sites
and are currently developing modules for A2.0
for our next major platform upgrade
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffrey A. Stuart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 4:01 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Apache 2.0 final ?
>
>
> Interesting! This is the FIRST time that I've heard that
> about apache 2.0.
> This is a VERY good sign! :)
>
> --
> Jeff Stuart
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Greg Ames
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 5:25 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Apache 2.0 final ?
>
> "Jeffrey A. Stuart" wrote:
> >
> > Ok. Let me ask a stupid question. Would you recommend 2.0.16 for a
> production
> > web server?
>
> It's not stupid. Yes I would recommend 2_0_16 for a production web
> server. Here's how I'd do it:
>
> * push up MaxRequestsPerChild as high as you can on 1.3,
> keeping an eye
> on memory.
>
> * bring up 2.0 with the prefork mpm, first in a test environment, then
> in production during a time when the load is relatively
> light, then all
> the time.
>
> * once you're happy with that, try the threaded mpm (assuming
> you're not
> on FreeBSD) with only a handful of threads per process.
> This is where
> it's important to have MaxRequestsPerChild high. Once again,
> try it in
> test first, then in production when the load is light.
>
> * once this looks good, start pushing up the number of threads per
> process.
>
> If you have a way to beat up a new web server by running a
> test workload
> that's the same as your production workload, that's a big help. I've
> shaken out a number of bugs on apache.org that way, running the new
> server on port 8092. Don't forget to use different log files for your
> test environment.
>
> > My other problem (which is DEFINITELY not apache's fault! :)) is
> > I have to wait for mod_perl 2.0 and PHP 4 to "officially"
> work with apache
> > 2.0.
>
> Sorry, I can't help here. But other folks on this list know what's up
> with mod_perl and PHP.
>
> Greg
>
