This is to announce the release of Pound v2.6b. This is an experimental
version - the second in the 2.6 series. Changes since version 2.6a:
Enhancements:
- major change of the threading model: Pound now starts a predefined
number of threads, which do all the work using a request queue. The
number of threads (128 by default) may be set in the configuration file.
You'll need to experiment with this in order to find the optimal value.
If set too high, Pound will use a lot of memory, and the context
switches will impose additional load on the CPU. Set it too low and
requests will be queued, thus increasing overall response time.
This change should also help in resolving the long-running discussion of
memory leaks: memory usage with this model should be pretty constant
over time. Please let me know if you still see memory usage increasing.
The software is at version 2.6b (beta quality). Further testing
(especially under heavy loads), improvements and suggestions are
welcome.[...]
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