Jayce^ wrote: > In preparation for the upcoming release of mod_perl2, I'd > like to prepare a list of reasons why a person/company > would look at using mod_perl2, specifically, why upgrade > from mod_perl1, and converting from other technologies. > > So with that, what reasons do you have for wanting MP2? > > What prevented you from upgrading before? > > What key features are most interesting for you? > > How will this help your company?
I've helped developed mp2 for Win32, and on that platform there's an enormous gain compared to mp1 - mp1 is essentially single threaded, which prevents parallel processing of requests, whereas mp2 is multi-threaded. Above that, Apache2 on Win32 also has significant performance gains, compared to Apache1. I've also been using mp2 and libapreq2 on a linux server for about a year now - nothing fancy, but it's been quite stable, and, eyeballing it, is as good or better than the equivalent mp1 system I used before in terms of speed and memory requirements. I used the mp2 compatibility layer initially in the migration, but as in particular Stas added to the docs discussions of designing mp2 handlers without Apache::compat, converting things to pure mp2 was relatively straightforward. Of course, there was some hesitation in taking a perfectly functional mp1 system and migrating it over to mp2. The biggest reason for me is that Apache2/mp2 will be the most actively developed in the future (although Apache1/mp1 won't go away anytime soon). -- best regards, randy kobes -- Report problems: http://perl.apache.org/bugs/ Mail list info: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/modperl.html List etiquette: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/email-etiquette.html
