Re: Light image server in low-traffic conditions?

2004-08-08 Thread Nathan L. Kugland
Thanks to everyone for the tips. I ended up with a httpd reverse proxy in front of my mod_perl servers. Squid was a resource hog, and overkill since I don't need caching. Putting apache in front also allowed me to serve static docs, SSL, and proxy all in one place, with mod_perl off by itself i

Re: Light image server in low-traffic conditions?

2004-08-04 Thread David Hodgkinson
On 4 Aug 2004, at 00:48, Larry Leszczynski wrote: On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Philippe M. Chiasson wrote: I've had lots of success with a light reverse proxy (httpd or squid) in front of my mod_perl servers. I would recommend it, as it's simpler than 2 completely separate servers for dynamic content and

Re: Light image server in low-traffic conditions?

2004-08-03 Thread Larry Leszczynski
On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Philippe M. Chiasson wrote: > I've had lots of success with a light reverse proxy (httpd or squid) in > front of my mod_perl servers. I would recommend it, as it's simpler than > 2 completely separate servers for dynamic content and static stuff. > > I like squid for this, as

Re: Light image server in low-traffic conditions?

2004-08-03 Thread Philippe M. Chiasson
Nathan L. Kugland wrote: Hi All, I'm curious as to whether anyone has experience running separate image servers in low-traffic environments. Is it worth it? Would I be better off spending time setting up a proxy server? My goal is to minimize the latency for a small number of concurrent users.

Light image server in low-traffic conditions?

2004-08-03 Thread Nathan L. Kugland
Hi All, I'm curious as to whether anyone has experience running separate image servers in low-traffic environments. Is it worth it? Would I be better off spending time setting up a proxy server? My goal is to minimize the latency for a small number of concurrent users. Cheers, Nathan -- Nathan