Re: HTTP Mod_Perl mini-server

[Perrin Harkins]

On 3 Nov 2000, David Hodgkinson wrote:

> > In my tests, a modern version of mod_proxy (serving from cache) was faster
> > than Squid on Linux.
> 
> Really? Cool. What about taking memory usage into account?

Well, Squid is kind of a memory hog and mod_proxy has been extremely light
and well-behaved, even under heavy load.  I would encourage others to try
benchmarking it for themselves, but I currently see no reason to use Squid
over mod_proxy.
- Perrin