Re: high availability

On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 01:24:05PM -0500, Steve Nelson wrote: > How does thttpd compare to the various commercial hardware solutions for > serving images? Not sure - this is what we were using when I started working. It works really well AFAIK. --Joe > > Is it the best solution you know of for serving static images? > > Steve Nelson > http://www.SecretAgents.com > Tools for Fusebox Developers > > Joe Stump wrote: > > > > thttpd can be found at www.acme.com - it has the footprint of a fly and runs > > totally within one thread. It can handle as many connections as you have file > > descripters. > > > > --Joe > > > > On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 12:42:41PM -0500, Kulkarni, Vikram wrote: > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > > > By separating images from scripts, that also allows us to run a high > > > performance web server for images (thttpd) and use Apache for our > > > scripts. Apache is much more resource intensive, but needed (in > > > our case) for dynamic data: > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > > > What is "thttpd"? Is it a web server that is optimized for images? Is it > > > that much faster than Apache? > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Vikram Kulkarni > > > > > > > > > ***************************************************************************** > > > This message may contain privileged and confidential information. If you > > > think, for any reason, that this message may have been addressed to you in > > > error, you must not disseminate or copy this message, or use its content > > > as the basis for taking any action. Further, we would ask you to notify > > > us immediately by return e-mail, telephone or facsimile. > > > ***************************************************************************** > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > ================================================================================ > > = Joe Stump joestump98@yahoo.com > > http://www.miester.org = > > ================================================================================ > > "Real programmers don't comment their code. > > It was hard to write, it should be hard to understand." > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > -- > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net ================================================================================ = Joe Stump joestump98@yahoo.com http://www.miester.org = ================================================================================ "Real programmers don't comment their code. It was hard to write, it should be hard to understand."