Apache HTTP 2.4 Advances Open Source Web Server Performance

Category: Developer World, Author: Ronan, Added: 22 February 2012

After 17 years of existence, the Apache HTTP web server is one of the most successful and dominant open source projects of all time. Today Apache is looking to extend that streak of success with the new Apache 2.4 web server release, marking the first major Apache web server update since the 2.2 release in 2005.
A key focus in the 2.4 release is improved performance which is delivered by way of multiple innovations.
"What we have done is checked 2.4 against itself and other web-servers; in general, we find 2.4 to be the fastest version of Apache by far," Jim Jagielski, ASF President and Apache HTTP Server Project Management Committee, told

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