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                                                             Every now and then, someone  
                                
                                                                  
                                  asks me “Hey, how do I  
                                
                                                                  
                                  ‘tune’ my webserver to  
                                
                                                                  
                                  better run proxies? I’ve  
                                
                                                                  
                                  heard tuning is really  
                                
                                                                  
                                  important but what does it  
                                
                                                                  
                                  mean?” or they’ll ask “why  
                                
                                                                  
                                  is it important to run a  
                                
                                                                  
                                  dedicated server just for a  
                                
                                                                  
                                  proxy site? Can’t I run my  
                                
                                                                  
                                  sites on (some cheaper  
                                
                                                                  
                                  hosting method)?”  
                                
                                                                  
                                  Hopefully once you’re done  
                                
                                                                  
                                  reading this article, you’ll  
                                
                                                                  
                                  better understand the  
                                
                                                                  
                                  answers to these common  
                                
                                                                  
                                  questions, and come out with  
                                
                                                                  
                                  a knowledge of how  
                                
                                                                  
                                  specifically to tune apache  
                                
                                                                  
                                  for J Marshall’s Cgi-Proxy  
                                
                                                                  
                                  script to run on Apache. You  
                                
                                                                  
                                  should also be able to take  
                                
                                                                  
                                  the concepts herein and  
                                
                                                                  
                                  apply them to performance  
                                
                                                                  
                                  tuning Apache for any  
                                
                                                                  
                                  website.  
                                
                                                                  
                                  Date: Nov, 14 2006  |