That's cool & is yet another example of the power of mod_perl. And you're right about the documentation. I was blown away by the amount of docs. available at perl.apache.org; thanks to all the hard work of Stas Beckman !!
We had been using mod_perl & had been having a very stable site for quite a long time. Now we're planning to shift to mod_perl-2. I could get everything compiled, but mp2 bombed while parsing our config. files. I've reported this bug (search for PerlSection + recurse/recursive) and hopefully some1 is working on it ;-) Anyway, I plan to spend my weekends reading mod_perl code and see if I can fix this issue. Once the above issue is fixed, we'd be able to move on to the next level of testing & report any further issues. (Btw, Chris, are you using the worker mpm ? Is it stable ? We'd like to go the worker mpm way & would like to know if any1 is using it yet in production.) thx Sreeji --- Chris Faust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our mod_perl success story. > > > > As consultants we were hired to repair, revamp and > rebuild a online > classifieds site in which a lot of cost and effort > was placed in promoting > the site and generating traffic but the site itself > was based on a 3rd party > product that simply could not handle the half > million hits a day the site > was getting. > > > > Without a lot of effort the decision was made to > build a custom solution > from the ground up using Perl and Apache under > Linux. > > After completing the project and having some > difficult issues with the > current ISP we moved the entire site to an ISP that > we have had a long term > relationship with and who provides us with > everything one would need to > properly maintain such a project. > > > > Little did we know that the second we moved to our > new ISP it was like > opening up the flood gates (long story relating to > other ISP), overnight > this CGI driven site went from a half million hits a > day to a million and > with it came a number of problems, a lot of which > were unfixable without > adding more hardware - there was simply far too much > traffic coming through > during the peak times of the day. > > > > Having spent a week doing everything we could, > optimizing everything > possible it was clear that at best, we may be able > to gain enough to just > keep our heads above water. > > > > Reluctantly we knew we had no choice but to give > mod_perl a try, we really > didn't think it was going to make that much of a > difference but every little > bit counted at this point. > > We knew that it was going to be very difficult to > setup apache and > especially convert our code over - I mean after all > I've heard as many > stories of nightmare conversions as success stories. > > > > After about the first week of pouring through the > documentation and > experimenting on our development server, I realized > HOW WRONG I WAS.. > > > > Once we understood what was expected, conversion of > the current code was > less painful and a lot more interesting to do then > some of the phone calls > or meetings that led up to getting the contract for > the project itself J. > > > > Once everything was done we could see instantly the > improvement on our dev > server, what we didn't know nor what we were > prepared for was what would > happen once this was running in production, I mean > sure it was fast when > there is only 2 of us on the machine, so was the old > site. > > > > What we saw after going live was one of those > moments when you are just > blown away, where you are sitting there saying "I > see it but I just don't > believe it". > > At our best estimate we gained more then a 300% > performance increase, during > peak hours we were seeing load times of 20 - 30, > processing going defunct > etc. etc. prior to mod_perl. > > Since the day we went live we haven't seen the > machines even sweat, even the > DB machine was impacted by the change in a positive > way. > > We are currently up over 2 million hits a day, the 1 > million hits gained > since going live with mod_perl has resulted in > practically nothing > (everything is still saying "Give me More!!!") > > > > We'd like to think it was easy moving to mod_perl > because we are such > awesome coders, but of course the truth is it's due > to the awesome > documentation at http://perl.apache.org, the > fantastic support of mod_perl > in all those perl modules we have all come to depend > on, the invaluable > mailing lists and mailing list archives, and what I > personally think is the > coolest thing of all, Stas Bekman who never left me > or anyone else I've seen > on the mailing list hanging for any answer. > > > > We have just completed a re-design of the site and > have been up and running > under Apache 2 and mod_perl 2 for about 6 months now > with as few problems as > anyone could ever hope to have. > > > > Mod_perl is clearly the solution for high traffic > sites, however because of > our experience with mod_perl we have since done > everything in it, from the > simplest of form mailers to complex sites because in > my eyes there is no > reason not to do things the best possible way the > first time around! > > > > Thanks to Everyone on the Mod_perl Team > > Chris Faust > > Developer of http://www.isoldmyhouse.com > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stas Bekman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 1:50 AM > Subject: is anybody using mp2 in production? > > > > I've heard that some people are already using > mod_perl 2.0 in production. > It'd > > be interesting to hear mp2 both success and > failure stories. > > > > p.s. mod_perl 1.99_09, which includes new features > and lots of bug fixes, > > should be released as soon as the current cvs is > stabilized. So testing > the > > current cvs and reporting any problems (especially > build/test ones) would > be > > helpful to make the new release better. About the > same time Apache::Test > > should be released on CPAN. > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > > Stas Bekman JAm_pH ------> Just Another > mod_perl Hacker > > http://stason.org/ mod_perl Guide ---> > http://perl.apache.org > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://use.perl.org > http://apacheweek.com > > http://modperlbook.org http://apache.org > http://ticketmaster.com > > > > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus - For a better Internet experience http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/yplus/yoffer.html
