On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 02:00 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am getting ready to deploy my first real production django web site > for a customer and I was wondering what people had to say about > mod_python vs fcgi. I have the impression that using mod_python is the > prefered way. Is this because of speed? Or are there other reasons > why fcgi is not desirable?
They both have their own disadvantages. The main disadvantage of fcgi is that the stack is more complicated (apache mod_fastcgi -> flup fcgi - > django wsgi). There is more to configure and there is more to go wrong. It's not unusual to have intermittent errors with django on fcgi, either after first starting the fastcgi server, or under high load. (This may not be true with lighttpd, of course.) The main disadvantage with mod_python is that it has to run under the same userid as Apache. Also on shared hosting, it is probably a bit less common than mod_fastcgi (not sure). If the server is dedicated to your django website, then neither of these is probably a problem. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Jason F. McBrayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | "If you wish to make Pythocles wealthy, don't give him more | | money; rather, reduce his desires." -- Epicurus |
