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[Tim Gales]

On 11/28/2005 10:15 PM Peter Sawczynec writes:
> I'm seeking best primer that highlights the differences between 
> httpd.conf
> directives and techniques when upgrading from 1.3 to 2.0 in a *nix
> environment.

http://www.covalent.net/resource/docs/Apache1.3to2.0MigrationWhitePaper.pdf 


gives some general background -- not a 'blow-by-blow' description
of individual directives.

> 
> Additionally, more specifically, if the OS is Solaris would you 
> configure
> Apache2 with mpm set to worker, prefork, or perchild.
> 
prefork will most probably be your best bet
(not because you are running Solaris but because you probably would
like to have the option of running php as a module with extensions
which may not be thread-safe)

> 
for more background see:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/prefork.html
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/worker.html
and
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mpm_common.html#acceptmutex

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