Getting Apache to play 'nice'

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 10:21:56AM -0800, Waldher, Travis R wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Knecht [mailto:mknecht at controlnet.com] 
> > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 9:17 AM
> > To: redhat-install-list at redhat.com
> > Subject: Getting Apache to play 'nice'
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> >     Can Apache be taught to play 'nice'? Here's the scenario. 
> > I've got 
> > Apache running on a machine at my house that I also do email 
> > on. I'm in 
> > the office and want to do two things:
> > 
> > 1) Go to a web page on this machine and download a file. 
> > Easy. The web 
> > page is set up to show me the contents fo a aspecific directory so I 
> > browse there and start the download.
> > 
> > 2) While the download is progressing I want to read email, so 
> > I attempt 
> > to ssh into the machine. ssh barely responds to me typing my 
> > password. I 
> > try to open Evolution but the application takes minutes to 
> > come up, if 
> > it comes up at all.
> > 
> > 3) The instant the file download completes Evolution responds quickly.
> > 
> >     Is this some sort of opportunity for using nice with 
> > Apache? I don't 
> > want simple web page display to be slowed down by other processes on 
> > this machine, but I don't want such high priority being given to file 
> > downloads either.
> > 
> >     Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
> > 
> > With best regards,
> > Mark
> 
> What type of machine and how much memory?
> 
> >From the words of engine builders...
> 
> "There is no replacement for displacement"

Umm, wouldn't the limiting factor more likely be the size of the pipe,
i.e. bandwidth?  You might need to tune Apache to throttle its
downloads.  I think that's possible but can't tell you how.

The other solution, of course is, "Don't do that." :-)

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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