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when web people think architecture
I don’t recall when or how I found highscalability.com but it’s one of the sites that I bookmark and review periodically. Finally, a website that caters to us application/server folks that need to know what it takes to build an environment that support gazillion users. (more…)
Filed under: httpd — appgirl @ 8:31 pmComments (0)
local & global load balancing on the cheap
Not many people know what LVS is. I ran World Health Organization’s public website (www.who.int) using a pair of Compaq DL360 servers running Linux Virtual Server, which is an open-source load-balancer. And guess what, during SARS, we saw over 14 million hits a day at the peak. While I don’t have the specific cps / concurrent conn numbers (we didn’t measure those), the boxes did just fine. (more…)
Filed under: httpd — Tags: application, availability, dns, load-balancing, performance, web — appgirl @ 8:37 pmComments (0)
tuning apache and a different perspective on web app performance
Here’s another article that I can really relate to. Typically a standard install of Apache has lots of extra (often unused) features and won’t take full advantage of all system resources. There are all sorts of things you can do (like recompiling to support more concurrent connections, which is what I’ve had to do). (more…)
Filed under: httpd — Tags: apache, applications, performance, web — appgirl @ 8:35 pmComments (0)