HW/SW for license server

[shimi]

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Valery Reznic <valery_reznic at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Thanks, Shimi.
>
> I was thinking about Nginx of lightttpd too.
> While they may have a serious performance benefits I am very short in time
>

‎The first time I used Nginx to replace Apache, it took me around 30 minutes
to grasp all what's needed to know (which basically is: the default buffer
sizes are pretty small; for sites that pass huge cookies / headers, they
need to be increased, you might not even need that...). After those 30
minutes, I went from a 12 loadavg and 6GB RAM to 0.5 loadavg with 80MB RAM
for my webserver+php ... Nginx is SO MUCH simpler than Apache, the config is
*simple*. I do advise you to try it anyways and forget about downtime later.
Ever since then, I am not installing any new Apaches, unless it's for things
like an SVN server with LDAP authentication, where you need Apache's
swissknife. Funny thing is, Apache (from performance/simpleness/resources
POV) is probably good for anything *but* simple web serving ;)


> With Apache configuration I am a bit familiar bit total stranger to the
> former two.
>

So was I :)


> So I think, I'll go with Apache for now and replace it with one of them
> later if I'll experience performance problems.
>
> Your call :)


> Is it make sense to run this service on non-standart http(s) port?
>

You mean "security by obscurity" ?

Always remember that one day corporate firewalls will bite you...


> Any recommendation about choice MySQL/postgres/whatever?
>


Most comparisons say "Postgres is better in almost everything" . While that
might true, MySQL is probably way more common, and every DB has its own pile
of... you know. So for a simple app like the one you're describing, I think
the answer would be (contrary to the web server ;)) - "go with what you know
best"...

-- Shimi
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