Hi Rashid,
I use mod_deflate extensively at work on apache(not BQ though), we
found the compression varies massively per file, but it does cut down
the bandwidth in a big way :-)
Only thing is there is a catch... it reduces bandwidth at the cost of
CPU. On a 2 way Xeon (old P3 type) server we saw a 10% CPU rise to
give us a 40/50% drop in bandwidth. This server handles around
200/300Gb of traffic per month (after compression).
Theres also the issue of client problems. Some old browsers and crappy
proxies (MS ISA springs to mind) that can't handle compressed traffic
and end up serving cached pages from one user to another one by
mistake (ISAs speciality!). There are workarounds for it which are
well documented.
If you need any help give me a shout.
Andy
On 7/29/07, MuntadaNet Webmaster <webmaster (at mark) muntada.com> wrote:
>
> Aloha Blues,
>
> A client of mine who has a dedicated server running BQ would like me to
> configure it for him Apache mod_deflate. He feels that by doing so, the
> httpd server would compress html/text, javascript files, and css files,
> providing a benefit to his sites by reduce the size of each page by 70-90%
> and allowing for better handling of higher traffic.
>
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_deflate.html
> http://www.webperformance.org/compression/deflate-compress.html
> http://www.phpfive.net/http-compression-with-mod_gzip-and-mod_deflate_article19.htm
>
> My questions therefore are:
>
> Anyone done anything with Apache mod_deflate? If so, what is your
> experience.
> Is the Apache in Brian's build already compiled with this module and how do
> I check for those kinds of things? IExample, for php you just issue the
> phpinfo() command in a php page.
>
> -Rashid
>
>
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