Thanks for the pointer. Has anybody compiled stats as to what kind of savings this (maintaining an open connection vs. establishing and tearing-down every time) entails?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Paul Querna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > mod_authn_dbi keeps connections across requests: > http://open.cyanworlds.com/mod_authn_dbi/ > > It uses apr_relist(part of apr-util) to keep its DBI connections alive, but > apr_reslit could easily be used for normal sockets. > > -chip > > On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 21:27:06 -0400, Zuri wrote > > Working on an authentication module that will support a "very" large > > number of incoming requests, on the order of millions per day. The > > module performs authentication processing and needs to talk to a > > server AuthProxy (not on the same machine) that in turn, relays the > > requests to a number of other systems. One of the performance > > optimizations we're considering is to establish and maintain a > > single connection to the AuthProxy and use throughout the life of > > the module/process instead of continuously establishing and tearing > > down TCP connections. Any advices on this? Any references or other > > modules that we can look at for assistance? > > > > Thanks. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >
