Ben Sizer wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Paul Rubin wrote: > > > A typical shared hosting place might > > > support 1000's of users with ONE apache/php instance (running in a > > > whole bunch of threads or processes, to be sure). > > > > You just need to run multiple apache > > instances, which is advisable anyway. > > The hosting service formerly known as > > python-hosting has been doing this > > for years. > > Would you need one instance per user? Is it practical to run 1000s of > Apache instances on one server? >
I'm almost certain Apache spawns instances as needed. If they are all active at the same time you will need at least that many threads anyway and I don't think processes are really much more expensive than threads usually. But I'm not an expert on virtual hosting or apache or even thread/process internals. However when I do a "ps -aef" on my shared server (http://www.xfeedme.com) I only see the apache instances that are active, and not the 50 dormant ones, if I recall. -- Aaron Watters === She was flirty, dirty, musta been about thirty -- 70's stones lyrics She was nifty, shifty musta been about fifty -- 90's stones lyrics -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list