[PLUG] DNS or Apache limits
Stafford A. Rau
srau at rauhaus.org
Fri Dec 17 22:36:41 UTC 2004
* Rich Burroughs <rich at paranoid.org> [041217 13:46]:
>
> Hi Josh,
>
> There's not a limit on a number of sites, no. You can host 250+ web
> sites all on the same box using Apache and Bind, I've done it before.
> The kind of performance you'll get will depend on the hardware you use,
> and also the needs of the sites themselves (how much traffic, are they
> running a lot of code, etc.)
You likely already know this, but ssl sites can't used name-based
virtual hosting, and instead must use ip-based virtual hosting.
I seem to recall that there is a maximum of 255 virtual interfaces
configurable on one real interface using Linux ip-aliasing.
--Stafford
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