Hi, Thanks so much for the thoughts. So, I would assume then that a 'Xen production env' has advantages not really in quote unquote consolidation but flexibility? What's the one line ROI then to the management in your opinion? A On 10/23/07, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > > We found virtualisation made a great solution for isolating different > > servers from each other. We had previously had a problem where our > > Apache required so many different modules to support the various > > different services we were running that the Apache config became > > extremely fragile. No such problem with Xen however since we just ran > > different Apache instances on different guests, with a web accelerator > > in front of them (a stripped down Apache with mod_proxy) so that all the > > backend Apaches would appear on the same IP address. You could reboot a > > backend server easily if it failed without affecting any other > > production service. > > I should add that if you do consider an Apache configuration like the > above, then this little module is an absolute life-saver: > > http://stderr.net/apache/rpaf/ > > Rich. > > -- > Emerging Technologies, Red Hat - http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/ > Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod > Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in > England and Wales under Company Registration No. 03798903 > > _______________________________________________ > et-mgmt-tools mailing list > et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools > > _______________________________________________ et-mgmt-tools mailing list et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools
