Chris's Wiki :: blog/web/ApacheDownloadOverloadIssue Commentshttps://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/ApacheDownloadOverloadIssue?atomcommentsDWiki2016-07-19T13:57:30ZRecent comments in Chris's Wiki :: blog/web/ApacheDownloadOverloadIssue.By Chris Siebenmann on /blog/web/ApacheDownloadOverloadIssuetag:CSpace:blog/web/ApacheDownloadOverloadIssue:124d4f1db4444337c3329bc0f01bd5fefa71a880Chris Siebenmann<div class="wikitext"><p>Serving static files in a straightforward directory hierarchy is the
smallest part of what our web server does, and in general Apache is an
extremely attractive general purpose web server. Nginx is not particularly
an option.</p>
<p>(For instance, suexec for CGIs or some equivalent is an absolute
requirement for us.)</p>
</div>2016-07-19T13:57:30ZBy Jeff Kaufman on /blog/web/ApacheDownloadOverloadIssuetag:CSpace:blog/web/ApacheDownloadOverloadIssue:d10da93a449c7a3726b08e96e126ed45c54a3ee3Jeff Kaufmanhttp://www.jefftk.com<div class="wikitext"><p>The real fix for this situation is to use an event loop based server, where nginx is probably currently the most popular one.</p>
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