The Apache Software Foundation has just released a major update to the open-source web server software, Apache. The new features added in the Apache 2.2.0 version include support for large file sizes and improved information caching capabilities.
A recent survey by Netcraft, an Internet research company, indicates that the Apache web server software is currently used by approximately 70% of websites and is a part of the open-source LAMP software stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP or Perl).
According to the developers at the Apache Software Foundation, this 2.2.0 version marks the beginning of a new stable release, meaning that modules and applications developed for Apache 2.2.0 will be source code and executable compatible with future 2.2.x versions.
With the new Apache version, the web server can now support large files (over 2GB) on 32-bit Unix systems and can manage other critical tasks.
A new feature is the smart filtering capability in the mod_filter module, which can be conditionally inserted based on any Request or Response headers or environment variables, and addresses some issues found in the architecture of version 2.0.
Additionally, the mod_dbd module directly integrates SQL databases for necessary modules, supporting “pooling” connections in Multi-Processing Modules. This future database format is not yet supported on Windows and may not be completely stable on this platform.
Hong Vy
