Thanks Joshua for your quick reply and help! One more quick question on KeepAlive, Can KeepAlive work on POST? Thx, Q.Xie --- Joshua Slive <joshua@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 6/6/07, Qingshan Xie <xieq_49@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > After KeepAlive On, multiple requests will be > handled > > one at a time, or say "Sequentially". If there are > 30 > > pages requested, could this "Sequential > > Processing"(like a queuing process) slow down the > > performance? On the other hand, without KeepAlive, > 30 > > requests could be handled by 30 > connections/threads > > simultaneously, it could be faster. Am I right? > Can > > someone shed some lights on the above situation? > > The HTTP spec and standard browser design limits the > number of > connections to (if I remember correctly) between 2 > and 4. So you will > never see 30 simultaneous connections. That would > overwhelm a > connection-per-thread server like apache. Instead > you will see the > same 2 to 4 connections being repeatedly setup and > torn down, > resulting in slower performance overall. > > Joshua. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the > Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for > more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: > users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: > users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx