running multiple copies of apache/httpd instances...

[Eric Hines]

Sean O Sullivan wrote:

> David Cary Hart wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 2005-07-09 at 11:23 -0700, bruce wrote:
>>
>>   i want two separate copies of apache running on the same server, 
>> each using
>>
>>> a separate port #.   
>>
>> What end result are you trying to achieve? Why does it require two
>> instances?  
>
> One reason I could think of off-hand would be to guarantee connections.
> i.e. very busy webserver which maxes out at times, but there may be an 
> admin section for instance, which you wish people to always have 
> access to (people being the admins, obviously), so running two 
> seperate apache servers on the server will mean can have a connection 
> count of MAX-100 for main server, and 100 on admin section (So 
> box/line will not become overloaded).
>
> This is only reason I can see why doing it would be an advantage.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sean

Also so Customers don't get locked out by an overloaded box/line.  But 
this would seem more straightforwardly solved by adding another box/more 
bandwidth.

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