Yes, it's an HTTP proxy. It handles sending out the bytes to remote clients, so that your mod_perl server doesn't have to. A popular high-performance choice these days is nginx.
There's some discussion of why to use a front-end proxy here: http://perl.apache.org/docs/1.0/guide/strategy.html - Perrin On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Xinhuan Zheng <xzh...@christianbook.com> wrote: > Hi Perrin, > > I don’t quite understand what you mean by setting up a front-end proxy. > What would you expect this “proxy” do? Does it take HTTP request? > > Thanks, > - xinhuan > > From: Perrin Harkins <phark...@gmail.com> > Date: Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 12:50 PM > To: Xinhuan Zheng <xzh...@christianbook.com> > Cc: Dr James Smith <j...@sanger.ac.uk>, mod_perl list < > modperl@perl.apache.org> > Subject: Re: Disconnect database connection after idle timeout > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Xinhuan Zheng < > xzh...@christianbook.com> wrote: > >> Having another tier (like DBD::Gofer) looks like really messy in >> infrastructure plus it’s not certain who is going to maintain that module’s >> quality. > > > I'd only recommend trying it after you set up a front-end proxy, tune your > mod_perl configuration, and use any Oracle tools available to you. > > - Perrin >
