IP assignment for virtual webhosting

According to henning.brauer at bsmail.de:
> Yes, that exactly the way we do it. If I imagine the power needed to
> implement this its nearly impossible to reimpleent for ONLY name-based
> Virtual Hosts.

Add an apache log module that measures the actual bytes sent out
(file size + HTTP headers) - accounting problem solved.

> And if you think of Bandwith management - i don't see any
> way to do this on an per name-basis, only per ip (and service) is possible
> as far as I know. To use Bandwidth mangement on named vhosts-basis, you
> would have to read out the FULL ip-header and service-specific headers on
> the router...i think this is not possible without enormous CPU-power and
> would give high delays on the router.

Use the Apache module mod_bandwidth, or something similar.

People tend to buy and install enormous amounts of hardware, solving
problems by adding more boxes. While fixing the software is simpler,
easier and faster.

Mike.