now rt3.0.9 Re: [rt-users] rt3.0.8 performance issues

[Larry Stone]

> On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 04:51:04PM -0800, Rick Rezinas wrote:
> > one thing I caught in the FAQ is to serve images from a separate HTTP
> > server instance.  I just did that, and there seems to be a slight
> > speedup.  Qualitative, tho, and I recently did the 3.0.9 upgrade too, so
> > it might be a combination.

It isn't necessary to use a separate instance.  My httpd.conf
has the following fragment (apache 1.3.x, fastcgi, solaris)

Alias /NoAuth/images/   /export/home/rt3/share/html/NoAuth/images/
Alias /NoAuth/webrt.css /export/home/rt3/share/html/NoAuth/webrt.css
ScriptAlias /           /export/home/rt3/bin/mason_handler.fcgi/

The first two Alias directives short-circuit requests for files that
don't need Mason processing.  It was indeed subjectively faster,
I've been using it for the past few releases.  Seemed like too much
of a kludge to put in the install instructions but it's easier
than a whole separate httpd or even a virtual host.

        -- Larry