Re: 32 & 64 bit memory differences

2007-11-04 Thread Darryl Miles
Sorry on the other points if I misunderstood. Perrin Harkins wrote: A 32bit Linux kernel can access memory > 4Gb (I think this mechanism is called PAE and was even a feature of older Pentium 3 CPUs). > > I've never seen anyone actually use PAE. It may be because of the > performance hit, or

Re: 32 & 64 bit memory differences

2007-11-04 Thread Mark Maunder
lighttpd is available for windows according to this url: https://www.kevinworthington.com/index.php/2005/11/23/lighttpd-for-windows/ but I haven't tried it. I'd recommend using apache for windows with mod_proxy because it's more mature. I wouldn't recommend doing dev on windows for a linux environ

Re: 32 & 64 bit memory differences

2007-11-04 Thread Octavian Rasnita
Does anyone know a server that can be used as a reverse proxy for mod_perl applications that have a version for Windows and one for Linux? I need to develop under Windows and use in production under Linux, and I would like to use the same setup. Thanks. Octavian - Original Message -

Re: 32 & 64 bit memory differences

2007-11-04 Thread Mark Maunder
I run lighttpd as reverse proxy in front of mod_perl configured with prefork. I average 100 to 200 concurrent connections on lighttpd and need 4 mod_perl processes with keepalive disabled to service all those requests. [thanks Perrin for suggesting this config!!] On Nov 4, 2007 6:59 PM, Perrin Har

Re: 32 & 64 bit memory differences

2007-11-04 Thread Perrin Harkins
On 11/4/07, Darryl Miles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Usually most setups that need to use a reverse proxy need at least 3 > backend servers. I think you're missing the purpose of the reverse proxy. Any mod_perl system will be able to run fewer mod_perl processes if you run a reverse proxy. It h

Re: 32 & 64 bit memory differences

2007-11-04 Thread Darryl Miles
Perrin Harkins wrote: On 11/2/07, Gary Sewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Firstly, we are running a mod_perl application on 4 separate servers due to its bulkiness. Do you have a lot of traffic? Most people don't need this many servers if they run a reverse proxy in front of mod_perl. Usuall

Re: 32 & 64 bit memory differences

2007-11-04 Thread Perrin Harkins
On 11/2/07, Gary Sewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Firstly, we are running a mod_perl application on 4 separate servers due to > its bulkiness. Do you have a lot of traffic? Most people don't need this many servers if they run a reverse proxy in front of mod_perl. > We have found each apache i