Re: [Slashcode-general] Server Speed / Load Balancing / Performance

[Dave H. <da...@ho...>]

Miguel Danielson <mda...@la...> writes:

> More specifically, what upgrades to the current server I've got
> running would most help server performance?

Read and understand the mod_perl guide: http://perl.apache.org/guide/


>  And, as is more likely
> the case, if we go with a multiple server setup, how easy is this to
> do when we've got everything running on a single box right now (I'm
> pretty much a novice, though I've got access to someone very familiar
> with Linux, though not necessarily every nuance of Slashcode).

Fairly straightforward. A basic undertanding of the load-balancing
tricks you can pull with thin and fat apache servers is good.

At least I'm assuming the slashcode behaves like other mod_perl apps,
otherwise I shall duck and run...


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