Myself, I like a small Apache with few modules serving static files (no
dynamic content, no db connections), and with a mod_proxy on a special
path directed to another Apache which generates the dynamic pages (few
processes, persistent connections...)
You get the best of both, static files do not hog DB connections, and the
second apache sends generated pages very fast to the first which then
trickles them down to the clients.
Case in point: A first time visitor hits your home page. A
dynamic page is generated (in about 1 second) and served
(taking 2 more seconds) which contains links to 20 additional
The gain from an accelerator is actually even more that that, as it takes
essentially zero seconds for Apache to return the generated content
(which
in the case of a message board could be quite large) to Squid, which can
then feed it slowly to the user, leaving Apache free again to generate
another page. When serving dialup users large dynamic pages this can be
a
_huge_ gain.
I think Martin's pages (dimly recalling another thread) take a pretty
long
time to generate though, so he may not see quite such a significant gain.
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