i had webfaction, and it's kind of standard to have to use apache. i did much better with a budget account once i listened to reason and went to linode (thanks justin) :) also, lighttpd is better <- found that out the hard way. jmho.
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Branko Vukelic <stu...@brankovukelic.com>wrote: > On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Ken Dere <kpd...@verizon.net> wrote: > > > I can see that the Apache server uses a certain amount of memory just > standing > > still. Perhaps lighttpd might help? > > > > Any suggesting for how I might reduce my memory requirements? The > > documentation on heapy is not very helpful. > > Straight off the bat (although I've never used webfaction and don't > know what degree of freedom you have regarding server software), > Apache does use more memory than most of the servers, and > lighty+Bjoern[1] is a very good combo to reclaim some of it. Your app > might still be manipulating large chunks of data, and this solution > might not help. > > Bjoern is written in C, though, so you would need to have all build > tools on your server, and allow it to be compiled. Other than that, > it's fairly straightforward to setup and use, and it's installed with > `pip install bjoern`. Very fast, too. > > [1] https://github.com/jonashaag/bjoern > > -- > Branko > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web.py" group. > To post to this group, send email to webpy@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > webpy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/webpy?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web.py" group. To post to this group, send email to webpy@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to webpy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/webpy?hl=en.
