Comparison Chart

Afterburner^{Web Server 1.0
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Feature Afterburner NCSA Apache Comments

HTTP 1.0 Support Y Y Y HTTP 1.0 support is the minimum protocol that
all web Servers must fully support.

HTTP 2.0 Support NO N N Since no browser currently use HTTP 2.0 we
do not plan support for it at this time.

CGI Support N Y Y We Traded Speed For Support For CGI in
Afterburner 1.0 Support is Planned for Version 2.0

Children N Y Y In General forking children is a bad idea and should be avoided

MIME-Types Y Y Y This is a aspect of HTTP 1.0

Ref Check Y N N This reflects our support for anti-highjacking.
Neither NCSA or APACHE consider this possibility

Response from Disks N Y Y Any time a process has to stop to read from disk, it slows
down to a very small percentage of its maximum speed.

Binary Logs Y N N Typically, web logs grow out of control.
Using binary logs substantially reduces this problem

Feature	Afterburner	NCSA	Apache	Comments
HTTP 1.0 Support	Y	Y	Y	HTTP 1.0 support is the minimum protocol that all web Servers must fully support.
HTTP 2.0 Support	NO	N	N	Since no browser currently use HTTP 2.0 we do not plan support for it at this time.
CGI Support	N	Y	Y	We Traded Speed For Support For CGI in Afterburner 1.0 Support is Planned for Version 2.0
Children	N	Y	Y	In General forking children is a bad idea and should be avoided
MIME-Types	Y	Y	Y	This is a aspect of HTTP 1.0
Ref Check	Y	N	N	This reflects our support for anti-highjacking. Neither NCSA or APACHE consider this possibility
Response from Disks	N	Y	Y	Any time a process has to stop to read from disk, it slows down to a very small percentage of its maximum speed.
Binary Logs	Y	N	N	Typically, web logs grow out of control. Using binary logs substantially reduces this problem