DOI: https://doi.org/10.15368/theses.2009.38
Available at: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/69
Date of Award
4-2009
Degree Name
MS in Computer Science
Department/Program
Computer Science
Advisor
Aaron Keen
Abstract
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.