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mnml
Asked: 2011-03-15 02:56:59 +0800 CST

Will 1500 URL Redirects in .htaccess affect performance?

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I would like to add 1500 URL redirections using .htaccess on an Apache server. Is it a bad idea? Will it decrease the performance significantly?

performance apache-2.2 .htaccess redirection

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    It would probably work but it will be difficult to maintain. Performance will start to take a hit as you increase the number of directives, so if there are patterns in your redirects, you may look to bundle them into a single directive (if you can).

    It would be architecturally superior to knock together a quick script that looked up the redirection from a more-maintainable and indexed file format (or preferably a database).

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