Archive for November, 2008

all I want for Christmas are some custom Apache modules

Operating an Apache httpd-based origin in conjunction with a CDN presents some interesting challenges and opportunities. For example, one can actually eliminate a lot of sophisticated cache control directives by trusting that the CDN will Do The Right Thing ™ when communicating with client browsers. Furthermore, implementation of a few judicious Apache modules and mod_expires [...]

performance improvements of changing Apache MPM from prefork to worker

We at CBC.ca have made major improvements in our web platform over the last two years. When I first returned to CBC in September 2006, we were still running Apache 1.3.29 on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server. Since then, we’ve upgraded first to Apache 2.0.59 (still on SuSE) and, with the migration to Red Hat Enterprise [...]

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