RE: when to mod_perl?

2002-06-25 Thread Christian Jaeger
At 9:52 Uhr +0200 25.06.2002, Alessandro Forghieri wrote: FastCGI has slightly better speed, but I have seen it hanging (and it does not look like support for FastCGI is going to be huge in the futuer), It took mod_perl ages (i.e. until mod_accel has come up) to get an as decent proxying setup

Re: when to mod_perl?

2002-06-25 Thread Perrin Harkins
md wrote: I was just a bit worried about the amount of static content. In the past I've had a lot more hardware to work with and I never had to worry about it much. Static content is easy; just don't serve it from mod_perl. The proxy approach is good, and so is a separate image server

Re: when to mod_perl?

2002-06-25 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
Perrin == Perrin Harkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Perrin Static content is easy; just don't serve it from mod_perl. The proxy Perrin approach is good, and so is a separate image server (which you can Perrin host on the same machine). I've found thttpd to be an amazingly Perrin efficient

Re: when to mod_perl?

2002-06-25 Thread Peter Bi
Bekman [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 8:38 AM Subject: Re: when to mod_perl? Perrin == Perrin Harkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Perrin Static content is easy; just don't serve it from mod_perl. The proxy Perrin approach is good, and so is a separate image

Re: when to mod_perl?

2002-06-25 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
Peter == Peter Bi [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Peter I have a question regarding to the cached files. Although the Peter maximal period is set to be 24 hours in httpd.conf's proxy Peter settings, many of the files, which were cached from the backend Peter mod_perl dynamical program, are strangely

Re: when to mod_perl?

2002-06-25 Thread Peter Bi
- Original Message - From: Randal L. Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Peter Bi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Perrin Harkins [EMAIL PROTECTED]; md [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Stas Bekman [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 10:18 AM Subject: Re: when to mod_perl? Peter

RE: when to mod_perl?

2002-06-24 Thread David LeBlanc
You don't mention what OS you're using, but with Linux, 256mb just running httpd seems quite generous whether you're using mod_perl or not. From what I know, mod_perl is going to give you more performance on any given box. And now, I can't resist: When should you? Why, when you're in the mod of

Re: when to mod_perl?

2002-06-24 Thread Cees Hek
Quoting md [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello, I'm working on a dynamic site that I originally thought I would do with mod_perl. Now after reviewing the requirements and available hardware, I wonder if mod_perl will be my best solution. The machine will not be a huge box (though I wasn't

Re: when to mod_perl?

2002-06-24 Thread md
--- Cees Hek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would build your application using plain old CGI, following the guidlines that mod_perl provides for running CGI applications under the Apache::Registry module. If you properly analyse your application, and build small tight CGI scripts, then

Re: when to mod_perl?

2002-06-24 Thread Stas Bekman
md wrote: Hello, I'm working on a dynamic site that I originally thought I would do with mod_perl. Now after reviewing the requirements and available hardware, I wonder if mod_perl will be my best solution. The machine will not be a huge box (though I wasn't provided much in the way of

Re: when to mod_perl?

2002-06-24 Thread md
--- Stas Bekman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In any case we are talking about registry scripts, aren't we? In that case it takes very little time to turn it on and off and test what is better. Unless you are talking about writing full fledged mod_perl API handlers, which is only when your

Re: when to mod_perl?

2002-06-24 Thread Peter Bi
: when to mod_perl? --- Stas Bekman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In any case we are talking about registry scripts, aren't we? In that case it takes very little time to turn it on and off and test what is better. Unless you are talking about writing full fledged mod_perl API handlers

Re: when to mod_perl?

2002-06-24 Thread Stas Bekman
Peter Bi wrote: wait a second ... don't forget using proxy: it saves you a lot of dynamical calls, especially if you have also a database. good point, Peter. And there are many others. It's the best if you can take some time and read the guide before you start coding. It includes a big