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Alec,

On 9/20/13 2:03 PM, Tomcat Random wrote:
> Chris, Thanks for correcting the misdirected reply.
> 
> "Do you mean it's not working under load, or you haven't yet tried
> it under load?"
> 
> I mean I haven't tested it under load yet.
> 
> One of the main reasons for choosing APR is is that I was under
> the impression it's good at serving large static files. My site has
> some large swf files - one is ~8mb (it's a game site).
> 
> The docs on APR say, "When APR is enabled, the HTTP connector will
> use sendfile for handling large static files (all such files will
> be sent asynchronously using high performance kernel level calls),
> and will use a socket poller for keepalive, increasing scalability
> of the server."

The NIO connector also supports sendfile, and avoids blocking I/O for
keepalives.

> Your recommendation is NIO is comparable to APR in non-ssl
> performance (as above for large static files) and more stable, and
> it would be better to switch to that?

I'm suggesting that NIO might be a comparable choice to APR with the
added benefit of removing some complexity (that of installing a native
library) to your deployment.

- -chris
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