The Apache Software Foundation has announced a major
upgrade to its popular open-source Apache Web server system,
including improved caching and support for larger
files.
Internet monitoring firm Netcraft estimates that Apache is used
to support about 70% of the world’s websites.
Apache is part of the open-source solutions stack LAMP (the
Linux operating system, Apache, the MySQL database and the PHP or
Perl scripting language).
The Foundation said of the new 2.2.0 release, “This release has
been through extensive testing, including live at some of the
world’s busiest sites, and is now considered stable.”
The Foundation added that modules and applications developed for
Apache 2.2.0 will be both source- and binary-compatible with future
2.2.x releases.
The system can now support large files over 2Gbytes on 32-bit
Unix-based systems. In addition, filtering options have been
introduced which are said to be easier to set-up and administer
when compared to using the previous 2.0 version.
There is also easier connectivity to the MySQL database for
those organisations that need it.