2006/10/14, Toufeeq Hussain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > From internal tests with ntlmaps + Nutch the conclusion we came to was > that though it "kinda-works" it puts a huge load on the Nutch server > as ntlmaps is a major memory-hog and the mixture of the two leads to > performance issues. For a PoC this will do but for > production-deployments I would not suggest one goes the ntlmaps way. > > An alternate would be to have a separate ntlmaps-server ,a dedicated > machine acting as the NTLM proxy for the Nutch-box which sits behind > it.
I haven't noticed the added resource drain, but then again, I haven't really tested all that much: the constraints on the partical project I implemented the approach weren't very strict. I'll keep my eye on the cpu usage. > The right way would be to use the in-built authentication features of > Nutch for Auth based crawling. Nutch supports ntlm authentication? I see I've got some reading to catch up on... t.n.a. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Nutch-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nutch-general
