Re: [squid-users] reverse proxy question

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 3:33 AM, Al - Image Hosting Services
<azick_at_zickswebventures.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a reverse proxy setup. It has worked well except now the apache
> server is getting overloaded. I would like to change my load balancing so
> that I send all the dynamic content to one server like php to the apache
> server and all the static content like .gif, .jpg, .html to another
> webserver. Is there a way to do this and where is it documented?

Yes, use ACLs (i.e, based on url_path) to transfer different requests
to different backend servers.

>Also, could
> someone recommend a light weight server for static content?
>

Apache is good enough IMO.

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