- From: Chris Adie <C.J.Adie@ed.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1995 11:57:55 +0000
- To: www-proxy@www10.w3.org
> >I would say that the choice of caching server directly affects the machine > >that you need to use. The CERN server is a forking server and with any > >significant traffic will destroy all but the fastest machine. > > I think the new Netscape proxy server is a threaded implementation so > will probably outperform the CERN server at busy sites where the forking > overhead really starts to be noticed .... The Purveyor server for Windows NT (Process Software Inc) is also a proxy server using a threaded model. How many different proxy server implementations are there? Anyone know of any more? Regards, Chris Adie PLEASE NOTE NEW ADDRESS & Edinburgh University Computing Service PHONE/FAX NUMBERS! James Clark Maxwell Building Phone: +44 131 650 6773 Kings Buildings Fax: +44 131 650 6552 Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom Email: C.J.Adie@ed.ac.uk
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