Now Through Sunday June 21, 1998

Test of new Cal Poly Web Server

What is the Reason for the Test?
        
        An Apache Web server on HP-UX will be replacing the NCSA server
        on AIX..
        
Who should participate in this test?
        
        All users providing web pages should test those pages on the new
        server.
        
What is the Expected Outcome of this Test?
        
        Greater performance and increased delivery speed of on-line
        documents to the user's browser (depending on their own
        connection, of course) should result from the change in servers.
        Web page providers need to verify that their Web pages are
        accessible and work under the new server.
        
How do I test the new Server?
        
        The new Web Server is available for Testing as
        http://www.infotest.cpunix.calpoly.edu:8000/ and closer to the
        transition date of June 21, 1998, it will be available at
        http://www.infotest.cpunix.calpoly.edu/. Users are encouraged to
        check out their pages via the new server and report any problems
        via email to bugs@polymail.cpunix.calpoly.edu along with a
        description of the problem and the URL of the page which appears
        to be experiencing the problem.
        
        NOTE: Pages with non-relative links will cause the user to be
        returned to the old Cal Poly server and not allow for complete
        testing.
        For example, an link of
                
                <HREF=http://www.calpoly.edu/~myaccount/page2.html>
                
        will result in the browser going to the old Cal Poly Web Server
        while a link of
                
                <HREF=page2.html>
                
        will result in the browser continuing to point to the server
        that provided the referring page. Wherever possible, change
        links to relative links before performing the test.
        
Where can I find out more about the Apache Web Server?
        
        Information about the Apache Web Server can be found at
        http://www.apache.org/.