If speed/performance is your concern, then you might want to look into Apache2/mod_perl2. My understanding is that Apache 1.x isn't anything but a novelty on Windows.
paul --- Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recently migrated my perl/CGI.pm scripts from an > IIS server to Apache 1.3.28 on the same Win2k > server. > I saw immediate speed improvements using > Apache::PerlRun. > > Using 'practical mod_perl' as a guide I modified > httpd.conf > so that I could access my scripts using mod_cgi, > Apache::Registry, > or Apache::PerlRun by changing the URI. Here is the > perl > section of my config file: > > ### BEGIN httpd.conf excerpt ### > > ScriptAlias /serverdb/slow > "E:/Inetpub/mod_serverdb/cgi-bin" > Alias /serverdb/cgi-bin > "E:/Inetpub/mod_serverdb/cgi-bin" > Alias /serverdb/perl > "E:/Inetpub/mod_serverdb/cgi-bin" > > PerlModule Apache::PerlRun > PerlModule Apache::Registry > PerlModule Apache::DBI > <Location /serverdb/cgi-bin> > SetHandler perl-script > PerlHandler Apache::PerlRun > Options ExecCGI > PerlSendHeader On > Allow from all > </Location> > <Location /serverdb/perl> > SetHandler perl-script > PerlHandler Apache::Registry > Options ExecCGI > PerlSendHeader On > Allow from all > </Location> > > ### END httpd.conf excerpt ### > > My application seemed slower with Resistry! Using > curl to get more > accurate statistics I found Registry to be almost > 2-3x slower than > PerlRun. > > ### BEGIN sample stats ### > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# date +%M.%S.%N; curl -b > cookies.txt -c cookies.txt > http://usvwoaahs52:8080/serverdb/cgi-bin/devlist.pl > > /dev/null; date +%M.%S.%N; > 29.41.134877000 > % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed > Time Curr. > Dload Upload Total > Current Left Speed > 100 421 0 421 0 0 295 0 > --:--:-- 0:00:01 --:--:-- 1042 > 29.42.581020000 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# date +%M.%S.%N; curl -b > cookies.txt -c cookies.txt > http://usvwoaahs52:8080/serverdb/perl/devlist.pl > > /dev/null; date +%M.%S.%N; > 29.53.880311000 > % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed > Time Curr. > Dload Upload Total > Current Left Speed > 100 834k 0 834k 0 0 259k 0 > --:--:-- 0:00:03 --:--:-- 379k > 29.57.111910000 > ### END sample stats ### > > > My application is pretty typical CGI.pm/DBD::Mysql > fare. I am also > using HTML::Template with caching turned on. > > Does anyone have an idea of what might be going on? > Where should I > start? I have been reading up on performance issues > and profiling code, > but this seems much higher level. I can't find any > references with > anyone else having this experience. > > Thanks! > > -Todd
