Reverse Proxy Performance

Hi all,

I am experimenting with using Apache as a reverse proxy server. The
performance seems very slow. I have added the following into the config as
my ProxyPass

Listen 10.0.0.60:81
<VirtualHost 10.0.0.60:81>
ServerAdmin reuben@trantor.presence-systems.com
ServerName trantor.presence-systems.com
ProxyPass / http://81.31.104.132/
ProxyPassReverse / http://81.31.104.132/
ErrorLog logs/error_log
TransferLog logs/access_log
</VirtualHost>

I am running Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/1.3.23 (Mandrake Linux/4mdk). Is
the performance for mod_proxy improved in newer versions of Apache? Are
there tricks I can use to speed things up (e.g. memory cache)

What other Linux lower level proxy software could I use (i.e. something that
runs more at the Linux OS level, rather than as part of Apache)

Thanks in advance

Reuben Pearse
reuben@pearse.co.uk

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"Reuben Pearse" <reuben@pearse.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I am experimenting with using Apache as a reverse proxy server. The
> performance seems very slow. I have added the following into the config as
> my ProxyPass
>
> Listen 10.0.0.60:81
> <VirtualHost 10.0.0.60:81>
> ServerAdmin reuben@trantor.presence-systems.com
> ServerName trantor.presence-systems.com
> ProxyPass / http://81.31.104.132/
> ProxyPassReverse / http://81.31.104.132/
> ErrorLog logs/error_log
> TransferLog logs/access_log
> </VirtualHost>
>
> I am running Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/1.3.23 (Mandrake Linux/4mdk).
Is
> the performance for mod_proxy improved in newer versions of Apache? Are
> there tricks I can use to speed things up (e.g. memory cache)
>
> What other Linux lower level proxy software could I use (i.e. something
that
> runs more at the Linux OS level, rather than as part of Apache)
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Reuben Pearse
> reuben@pearse.co.uk
>
>