Re: high availability

You'll have to explain which hardware solutions you are talking about. Thttpd is one of the fastest software solutions available. I'm not talking marketing or theory here. I've implemented it and it blows away other software solutions. :) -jeremy brand http://www.JeremyBrand.com/Jeremy/Brand/Jeremy_Brand.html for more --------------------------------------------------------------------- We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. -- Calvin Coolidge On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Joe Stump wrote: > Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 13:03:37 -0800 > From: Joe Stump <joe@earth.care2.com> > To: Steve Nelson <m@secretagents.com> > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] 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." > > -- > 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 > >