== Link: Scaling Apache at ftp.heanet.ie

ftp.heanet.ie serves a huge volume of mostly static file downloads with
Apache on a single machine. This results in interesting Apache tuning
issues, among other things.

* [[Scaling Apache 2.x beyond 20,000 concurrent downloads
  http://www.stdlib.net/~colmmacc/Apachecon-EU2005/scaling-apache-handout.pdf]]
  [PDF]; just the title alone gives you the flavour.
* [[Niagara vs ftp.heanet.ie Showdown
  http://www.stdlib.net/~colmmacc/2006/03/23/niagara-vs-ftpheanetie-showdown/]]
  (Niagara is the new Sun server box and chipset.)
* [[Niagara Benchmarks: Update
  http://www.stdlib.net/~colmmacc/2006/03/27/niagara-benchmarks-update/]]

If this sort of thing is your cup of tea, much of [[Colm MacCárthaigh's
blog http://www.stdlib.net/~colmmacc/]] may be interesting.

(From [[Tim Bray
http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/03/23/Irish-Niagara-Numbers]].)