On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 00:38 +0200, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > Sorry for off topicness, but please tell me, does it have a bad effect if > the files are just some files sitting in a directory, and they are served by > apache directly, with no relations with the directories that are handled by > a perl-script handler?
Yes, because the apache processes are large (they contain a perl interpreter) and may be holding an open database connection. You don't want them sitting around sending bytes to someone's slow modem. Run a proxy server that just handles the static stuff and you solve the issue. > Does it happen the same in case of FastCGI applications? No, FastCGI is essentially the same architecture as mod_perl with a proxy server. > Do you have a recommendation for a text for learning how to use a reverse > proxy? This is all documented pretty well on the mod_perl site and in books like this one: http://modperlbook.org/ - Perrin _______________________________________________ List: Catalyst@lists.rawmode.org Listinfo: http://lists.rawmode.org/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.rawmode.org/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
