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'''Zeus Web Server''' is a discontinued [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] [[web server]] for [[Unix]] and [[Unix-like]] platforms (including [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[FreeBSD]], [[HP-UX]] and [[Linux]]). It was developed by [[Zeus Technology]], a software company located in [[Cambridge]], [[England]]. The original authors and company founders are [[University of Cambridge]] graduates Damian Reeves and Adam Twiss.
'''Zeus Web Server''' is a discontinued [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] [[web server]] for [[Unix]] and [[Unix-like]] platforms (including [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[FreeBSD]], [[HP-UX]] and [[Linux]]). It was developed by [[Zeus Technology]], a software company located in [[Cambridge]], [[England]]. The original authors and company founders are [[University of Cambridge]] graduates Damian Reeves and Adam Twiss.


Support for [[AIX]], [[Tru64]], and [[macOS|Mac OS X]] was dropped on 10 June 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.zeus.com/zws/news/2007/12/10/zws_platform_eol_dec2007|title=Archived copy|access-date=December 21, 2008|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106042206/http://support.zeus.com/zws/news/2007/12/10/zws_platform_eol_dec2007|archive-date=November 6, 2012}}</ref> No new ZWS releases have been made since January 2010,<ref>{{cite web|title=Archived copy|url=http://support.zeus.com/zws/news/2010/01/13/zws_4_3r5_released|access-date=May 23, 2012|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121121063000/http://support.zeus.com/zws/news/2010/01/13/zws_4_3r5_released|archive-date=November 21, 2012}}</ref> and the company no longer offers a similar server solution. In July 2011, the company was acquired by [[Riverbed Technology]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.riverbed.com/us/company/news/press_releases/2011/press_071911b.php|title=Riverbed Expands IT Performance Business with Acquisition of Zeus Technology|publisher=Riverbed Technology|access-date={{Date|2013-09-08}}}}</ref> who ended support for ZWS on November 30, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://support.riverbed.com/content/support/about_support/end_of_life_policy.html|title=Hardware &amp; Software End of Life Policy|publisher=Riverbed Technology|access-date={{Date|2014-02-10}}}}</ref>
Support for [[AIX]], [[Tru64]], and [[macOS|Mac OS X]] was dropped on 10 June 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.zeus.com/zws/news/2007/12/10/zws_platform_eol_dec2007|title=Archived copy|access-date=December 21, 2008|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106042206/http://support.zeus.com/zws/news/2007/12/10/zws_platform_eol_dec2007|archive-date=November 6, 2012}}</ref> No new ZWS releases have been made since January 2010,<ref>{{cite web|title=Archived copy|url=http://support.zeus.com/zws/news/2010/01/13/zws_4_3r5_released|access-date=May 23, 2012|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121121063000/http://support.zeus.com/zws/news/2010/01/13/zws_4_3r5_released|archive-date=November 21, 2012}}</ref> and the company no longer offers a similar server solution. In July 2011, the company was acquired by [[Riverbed Technology]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.riverbed.com/us/company/news/press_releases/2011/press_071911b.php|title=Riverbed Expands IT Performance Business with Acquisition of Zeus Technology|publisher=Riverbed Technology|access-date=8 September 2013}}</ref> who ended support for ZWS on November 30, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://support.riverbed.com/content/support/about_support/end_of_life_policy.html|title=Hardware &amp; Software End of Life Policy|publisher=Riverbed Technology|access-date=10 February 2014}}</ref>


Zeus was designed to be a high-performance web server<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zeus.com/products/zws |title=Web Server Software |publisher=Zeus |access-date=2008-12-21}}</ref> and was commonly used by hardware vendors submitting [[Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation|SPECweb99]] benchmarks for their hardware.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spec.org/web99/results/web99.html |title=All SPECweb99 Results |publisher=SPEC |date=Nov 21, 2005 |access-date=2008-12-21}}</ref> The SPECweb99 benchmark was retired in 2005 and replaced by [[SPECweb2005]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spec.org/retired.html |title=Retired SPEC Benchmarks |publisher=SPEC |access-date=2008-12-21}}</ref> While some SPECweb2005 submissions were made using Zeus, by 2008 it was no longer among the top performers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spec.org/web2005/results/web2005.html |title=All SPECweb2005 Results |publisher=SPEC |date=Dec 19, 2008 |access-date=2008-12-21}}</ref>
Zeus was designed to be a high-performance web server<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zeus.com/products/zws |title=Web Server Software |publisher=Zeus |access-date=2008-12-21}}</ref> and was commonly used by hardware vendors submitting [[Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation|SPECweb99]] benchmarks for their hardware.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spec.org/web99/results/web99.html |title=All SPECweb99 Results |publisher=SPEC |date=Nov 21, 2005 |access-date=2008-12-21}}</ref> The SPECweb99 benchmark was retired in 2005 and replaced by [[SPECweb2005]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spec.org/retired.html |title=Retired SPEC Benchmarks |publisher=SPEC |access-date=2008-12-21}}</ref> While some SPECweb2005 submissions were made using Zeus, by 2008 it was no longer among the top performers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spec.org/web2005/results/web2005.html |title=All SPECweb2005 Results |publisher=SPEC |date=Dec 19, 2008 |access-date=2008-12-21}}</ref>

Revision as of 18:53, 25 September 2021

Zeus Web Server is a discontinued proprietary web server for Unix and Unix-like platforms (including Solaris, FreeBSD, HP-UX and Linux). It was developed by Zeus Technology, a software company located in Cambridge, England. The original authors and company founders are University of Cambridge graduates Damian Reeves and Adam Twiss.

Support for AIX, Tru64, and Mac OS X was dropped on 10 June 2008.[1] No new ZWS releases have been made since January 2010,[2] and the company no longer offers a similar server solution. In July 2011, the company was acquired by Riverbed Technology,[3] who ended support for ZWS on November 30, 2014.[4]

Zeus was designed to be a high-performance web server[5] and was commonly used by hardware vendors submitting SPECweb99 benchmarks for their hardware.[6] The SPECweb99 benchmark was retired in 2005 and replaced by SPECweb2005.[7] While some SPECweb2005 submissions were made using Zeus, by 2008 it was no longer among the top performers.[8]

In addition to static content serving, Zeus supported dynamic content via CGI, FastCGI, Apache JServ, ISAPI, NSAPI, mod_perl, SSI and Zeus Distributed Authentication and Content (ZDAC), a proprietary FastCGI-like protocol. While Zeus mainly competed with other commercial web servers such as Oracle iPlanet Web Server, it also included a high degree of compatibility with Apache HTTP Server (including .htaccess support and a URL rewriting system comparable to Apache's mod_rewrite), with the expectation that Apache users would migrate to Zeus as their server load increased.[9] NSAPI and ISAPI were added to ease migrations from Microsoft IIS and Sun Java System Web Server.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 21, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Riverbed Expands IT Performance Business with Acquisition of Zeus Technology". Riverbed Technology. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Hardware & Software End of Life Policy". Riverbed Technology. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Web Server Software". Zeus. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  6. ^ "All SPECweb99 Results". SPEC. Nov 21, 2005. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  7. ^ "Retired SPEC Benchmarks". SPEC. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  8. ^ "All SPECweb2005 Results". SPEC. Dec 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  9. ^ Clyman, John (2002-01-15). "Zeus Web Server 4.0". Server's Advantage PC Magazine Editor's Choice Winner. PC Magazine. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
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