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Medusa is a 'server platform' -- it provides a framework for
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implementing asynchronous socket-based servers (TCP/IP and on Unix,
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Unix domain, sockets).
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An asynchronous socket server is a server that can communicate with
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many other clients simultaneously by multiplexing I/O within a
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single process/thread. In the context of an HTTP server, this
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means a single process can serve hundreds or even thousands of
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clients, depending only on the operating system's configuration
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and limitations.
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Medusa includes HTTP, FTP, and 'monitor' (remote python interpreter)
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servers. Medusa can simultaneously support several instances of
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either the same or different server types - for example you could
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start up two HTTP servers, an FTP server, and a monitor server.
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Then you could connect to the monitor server to control and manipulate
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medusa while it is running.
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