file vs malloc

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Given that most VPS setups give you a lot of disk and relatively little RAM, "-s file" makes a lot of sense. Varnish is more efficient than HTTPD. VCL gives you a layer of control in front of the server to do stuff that otherwise can be tough to layer. All of that is a good thing on a cramped little server setup. 

Bob

On Nov 27, 2010, at 3:33 AM, Chris Hecker wrote:

> 
> My guess on "-s file" is that a lot of users might be like me, which is to say I'm using varnish to take the load off httpd for a few vhost websites on a single wimpy machine, but I don't have insane traffic or anything, it's just that varnish is sooo much more efficient than httpd that it still makes sense.
> 
> Not sure if the survey could separate out the user types and correlate the cache type with those types, but it might be interesting.
> 
> Chris
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> 
> 
> On 2010/11/26 07:41, Angelo Höngens wrote:
>> Per wrote in his survey result: "62% use -s file, which I find somewhat surprising. -s file doesn't really perform that well under pressure on rotating hard drives due to some changes in recent Linux and FreeBSD kernels."
>> 
>> But does anyone have a link to (or write up) some explanation for dummies on cache file types? I know there's 'file' and 'malloc', but I don't know the difference or the pros and cons.
>> 
>> I tried searching the wiki, but I my google-fu lacks sometimes ;)
>> 
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