Op de 17e verjaardag van het Apache HTTP Server Project heeft het ontwikkelteam versie 2.4 van de webserver uitgegeven. Apache is met behulp van modules van allerlei extra functionaliteit te voorzien. Versie 2.4 brengt een grote hoeveelheid verbeteringen met zich mee, die vooral handig zijn in cloudomgevingen. De aankondiging voor versie 2.4 ziet er als volgt uit:
Apache HTTP Server release 2.4
"It is with great pleasure that we announce the availability of Apache HTTP Server 2.4", said Eric Covener, Vice President of the Apache HTTP Server Project. "This release delivers a host of evolutionary enhancements throughout the server that our users, administrators, and developers will welcome. We've added many new modules in this release, as well as broadened the capability and flexibility of existing features".
Numerous enhancements make Apache HTTP Server v2.4 ideally suited for Cloud environments. They include:Additional features include easier problem analysis, improved configuration flexibility, more powerful authentication and authorization, and documentation overhaul. For the complete feature list, please see here.
- Improved performance (lower resource utilization and better concurrency)
- Reduced memory usage
- Asyncronous I/O support
- Dynamic reverse proxy configuration
- Performance on par, or better, than pure event-driven Web servers
- More granular timeout and rate/resource limiting capability
- More finely-tuned caching support, tailored for high traffic servers and proxies.