Comment Re:Very interesting, but a little late (Score 1) 141
I suppose, if you are creating a brand new server farm and you install mod_gzip right from the start, that may not be much trouble. But, if you want to enable compression in an existing server farm, it is probably a lot easier to leave your Web servers alone and just deploy it in your load balancer.
As for the throughput, I agree that a hundred Web servers could outperform one of my cards. But, I'd be happy to sell them more than one card. :-)
The point is that administratively, it is easier to do this where you have concentration of bandwidth (e.g. at the load balancer). In that case, hardware assist is a must.
As for scenarios where this makes sense, if you have other ones, please do post them. I'd be happy to get more marketing material. :-)
Monish Shah
Indra Networks
http://www.indranetworks.com
As for the throughput, I agree that a hundred Web servers could outperform one of my cards. But, I'd be happy to sell them more than one card.
The point is that administratively, it is easier to do this where you have concentration of bandwidth (e.g. at the load balancer). In that case, hardware assist is a must.
As for scenarios where this makes sense, if you have other ones, please do post them. I'd be happy to get more marketing material.
Monish Shah
Indra Networks
http://www.indranetworks.com
