Re: [users@httpd] compression on hard disks

2011-01-31 Thread Jeff Shearer
apache.org Subject: Re: [users@httpd] compression on hard disks On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Rich Bowen wrote: > File compression and decompression happens within your operating system, and > Apache doesn't care. That is, it requests the file from the OS and the OS > hands it ove

Re: [users@httpd] compression on hard disks

2011-01-31 Thread Tom Evans
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Rich Bowen wrote: > File compression and decompression happens within your operating system, and > Apache doesn't care. That is, it requests the file from the OS and the OS > hands it over. Apache has no concern or interest in how that file is stored > on, or r

Re: [users@httpd] compression on hard disks

2011-01-31 Thread Joost de Heer
On Mon, January 31, 2011 12:57, Jeff Shearer wrote: > I have been using compression to minimize network traffic and am now > wondering if Apache can be configure to use compressed files stored on > disk. This question also drives a second question: if Apache can use > compressed files stored on ha

Re: [users@httpd] compression on hard disks

2011-01-31 Thread Rich Bowen
On Jan 31, 2011, at 6:57 AM, Jeff Shearer wrote: > I have been using compression to minimize network traffic and am now > wondering if Apache can be configure to use compressed files stored on disk. > This question also drives a second question: if Apache can use compressed > files stored on

Re: [users@httpd] compression on hard disks

2011-01-31 Thread Eric Covener
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 6:57 AM, Jeff Shearer wrote: > I have been using compression to minimize network traffic and am now > wondering if Apache can be configure to use compressed files stored on disk.   > This question also drives a second question: if Apache can use compressed > files stored

[users@httpd] compression on hard disks

2011-01-31 Thread Jeff Shearer
I have been using compression to minimize network traffic and am now wondering if Apache can be configure to use compressed files stored on disk. This question also drives a second question: if Apache can use compressed files stored on hard disks, can Apache simply pass the compression through