I guess this isn't exactly the right place, but if anyone knows about
the real world and DBD::Proxy with Apache it's you people...
I have been working with a client who has looked at using Intel
platforms (with Linux cwas the initial alternative platform) as a
backend modperl/Oracle web engine. They have been running on Solaris
for years. As part of a related project they have used DBD::Proxy
and DBI::ProxyServer to reach a "firewalled" DB. Hence the interest.
I am curious if anyone has comments on the performance of using:
DBD::Proxy -> DBI::ProxyServer -> DBD::Oracle -> Oracle
<-- host1 --> <------------ host 2 ----------> <-- host3 ->
or
<-- host1 --> <------------------ host2 ------------------>
as opposed to
DBD::Oracle -> Oracle
<-- host1 --> <-- host2 -->
?
The reason is that at the moment their selection of base OS is
dependent on having Oracle (or whatever) client libraries, and I would
like to be able to widen their scope in terms of benchmarking with
other OSes. Asking here is part of the first steps ...
This solution, apart from offering a wider choice of platform, may
also help focus resources and reliability issues on a functional /
application software basis, rather than a very simple client-server
model. (Even though both are client-server...)
TIA.
Regards,
--
Peter Galbavy
Knowledge Matters Ltd
http://www.knowledge.com/
