… like you expect it to work. Use other server, ie lighttpd with FastCGI. Honestly I like this solution more – it allows… server to use as reverse proxy, you may also use Squid, Lighttpd, Nginx etc, in fact Most of light http servers support… by reverse proxy servers could be enough. The note about LigHTTPD – I like this one in particular because it is really…
Post: Content delivery system design mistakes
February 11, 2007 By 9 Comments
… static content especially with many thousands of keep-alive connections. Lighttpd is often named as faster alternative. It is surely true… serving many millions of thumbnails it may not work well. Lighttpd 1.4 is single threaded and that single threads is… serve a lot of small files which can fit in squid (for example) in-memory cache it may work quite well…
Comment: Lighttpd as reverse proxy
June 18, 2008 By 28 Comments
… to give the impression of a single domain surely using Squid in reverse proxy mode is the simplest? Get one httpd… squid to cache the static? At fav.or.it we have a dedicated domain for static content, which is served by lighttpd…
Comment: Pitfall of proxying HTTP requests through Lighttpd
November 22, 2007 By 12 Comments
The store-and-forward nature of lighttpd is good for getting data away from the backends as … before, when I was proxying large files off a backend squid server. I know two reverse proxies that have hybrid S… and cut-through forwarding with configureable buffer size – nginx and squid.
Comment: Lighttpd as reverse proxy
June 18, 2008 By 28 Comments
Isn’t it better to use a cache/accelerator dedicated product like squid as a front-end instead of lighttpd?
Post: Are PHP persistent connections evil ?
November 12, 2006 By 32 Comments
… spoon feeding. You can place squid in front, use apache proxy module or even use lighttpd with FastCGI all can fix this…
