Frequently updating static content

[David Rush <david.rush@xxxxxxx>]

I'm using Apache 2.4 (on Linux) to serve some static files that are re-created and re-written every two minutes.  The nature of our site is that we get hammered with high request rates from time to time (thousands of requests per minute at times).

Are there any issues with frequently updating a file that's being served?  What happens if it's updated (re-created) at the same instant that it's being requested?

David

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