James Bennett wrote: > On Dec 8, 2007 10:57 PM, Carl Karsten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I this text, does "separate Web server" contingent on a 2nd box? If it is >> only >> one box, the same Apache instance would be preferred, right? >> > > No, and no. > > You don't have to have separate physical machines, but the recommended > setup is to have separate instances of whatever HTTP daemon you > prefer. The reason for this is that it's a gross waste of resources in > many cases to have a server process loaded up to serve requests > through Django, and then use that process for nothing more than > reading a file off disk and sending it down the wire -- you're tying > up a valuable and limited resource when you do this. Running a > separate instance of the HTTP daemon whose sole job is serving files > off disk (and possibly a different HTTP daemon, as not all such > daemons are created alike or optimized for the same use patterns) > frees up that valuable resource to do nothing but serve requests > through Django. > Does this mean running the django server on a different port to the static files, or is there a way to do it through virtual hosts?
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