[ale] apache/linux performance tuning [long]

[Wandered Inn]

Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, James Kinney wrote:
> 
> >
> > I don't know. I've always turned it off.
> >
> Referring to Apache performing reverse lookups...
> 
> I can't understand why anyone would leave it on anyway. Most log reporting
> tools will map the addresses to names anyway. What real purpose does it serve to
> be able to see "123-werp-ees_ppp-232.49.atl.nat.isp.com" in your logs as opposed
> to "123.123.111.222"???

Well I was just curious as to how large a hit it might be, and whether
or not Apache tried to cache the info in order to reduce the impact.

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