[ic] [OT] Perl, mod_perl and threading

[Jon Jensen]

On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Dan Bergan wrote:

> I am in the process of migrating to a new server, and the new one has a 
> threaded version of Perl installed.  The most recent list postings I found 
> say that this should now work for Interchange, but that there is a 
> performance hit.
>
> I can install a non-threaded perl, but I'm wondering about mod_perl -- it is 
> already installed on the server, so I assume I would have to 
> recompile/reinstall to use the non-threaded perl.  Is that the case?
>
> I would prefer to leave things as "vanilla" as possible (for easy security 
> patching and for my Plesk control panel), but I need to balance that against 
> performance considerations.
>
> I see my options as:
> - Leave the system as-is (take the threaded performance hit)
> - Install non-threaded perl and disable mod_perl for my domain (is there a 
> performance hit for not using mod_perl with Interchange?)
> - bite the bullet and tackle both perl and mod_perl
> - any other ideas I'm missing?  Would mod_interchange be of any help for my 
> situation?
>
> Do any experts have advice on the best way to proceed?

I find it best to install your nonthreaded Perl build in /usr/local, 
completely separate from your system Perl. It won't affect mod_perl or 
anything else.

Jon

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Jon Jensen
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