Pipelined Apache HTTP Server

Web servers often become overloaded with irregular surges in web traffic. Several techniques have been explored to cope with these overloads such as distributing load throughout different servers. This thesis presents Pipelined Apache HTTP Server, a modified version of the Apache Software Foundation’s HTTP Server that utilizes a pipelined execution of Apache’s request cycle. We discuss Apache’s original architecture, the modifications necessary for implementation of pipelined execution, and analyze its run time. Ultimately, we hoped to increase throughput of Apache but fall short because of unbalanced request phases and pipelining overhead.

Name thesis:degree_name

MS in Computer Science

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Computer Science

Year dc:date.available

2009

Author dc:creator

• Le, Kevin

Contributors dc:contributor

• Aaron Keen

• apache
• http
• web
• server
• OS and Networks
• Software Engineering

Identifier

10.15368/theses.2009.38

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.calpoly.edu:theses-1077