Re: mod_perl speed difference between Fedora Core 1 and Fedora Core 3

2005-03-10 Thread Alex Greg
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 19:31:30 -0200 (EDT), Sergio Salvi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Run "perl -V" on both hosts and check if there are any differences > between the output, mainly on "Platform" and "Compile-time options" sections. > > Also, you could create a simple perl script (like "$x++ for (1..

Re: mod_perl speed difference between Fedora Core 1 and Fedora Core 3

2005-01-06 Thread Sergio Salvi
Run "perl -V" on both hosts and check if there are any differences between the output, mainly on "Platform" and "Compile-time options" sections. Also, you could create a simple perl script (like "$x++ for (1..100)") and Benchmark them on both hosts. HTH, Sergio. On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Alex G

Re: mod_perl speed difference between Fedora Core 1 and Fedora Core 3

2005-01-06 Thread Perrin Harkins
On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 12:39 -0800, Jay Scherrer wrote: > With FC3 and SElinux threads are more prevalent. I thought thats why I > was upgrading to Apache2. Use of better threading technology. On Linux, I recommend you use preforking, not threads, with mod_perl 2. It uses far less memory than th

Re: mod_perl speed difference between Fedora Core 1 and Fedora Core 3

2005-01-06 Thread Jay Scherrer
Why are you using Apache1.3? Have tried compiling Apache2 with MP2? With FC3 and SElinux threads are more prevalent. I thought thats why I was upgrading to Apache2. Use of better threading technology. On Thursday 06 January 2005 10:15 am, Alex Greg wrote: > Hi, > > > Recently I've upgraded on

Re: mod_perl speed difference between Fedora Core 1 and Fedora Core 3

2005-01-06 Thread Frank Wiles
On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 14:47:54 -0500 Perrin Harkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe it would be cool to make an FC3 RPM of Perl built with the best > options that installs into a non-conflicting location available for > download. Hmmm, if it was compiled with Intel's compiler for a little > more

Re: mod_perl speed difference between Fedora Core 1 and Fedora Core 3

2005-01-06 Thread Alex Greg
On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 14:40:20 -0500, Perrin Harkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 19:35 +, Alex Greg wrote: > > Any further advice would be appreciated, before I take the next step > > and compile my own Perl. > > The final variable here is the kernel. There may be somethi

Re: mod_perl speed difference between Fedora Core 1 and Fedora Core 3

2005-01-06 Thread Perrin Harkins
On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 12:01 -0700, John D. Sanders wrote: > Sorry for butting in here but you have piqued my curiosity. Is it > better to do a minimal install of RHAS and build up from there with > source or should I use what ships and just add to it. The way you do it depends on your local admin

Re: mod_perl speed difference between Fedora Core 1 and Fedora Core 3

2005-01-06 Thread Frank Wiles
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 19:35:12 + Alex Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been doing this as part of the standard install process - > removing all unnecessary packages and services. The only network > service running is SSH - this is the same as on the FC1 boxes. > chkconfig --list on the FC3

Re: mod_perl speed difference between Fedora Core 1 and Fedora Core 3

2005-01-06 Thread Perrin Harkins
On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 19:35 +, Alex Greg wrote: > Any further advice would be appreciated, before I take the next step > and compile my own Perl. The final variable here is the kernel. There may be something about the kernel differences between the releases that favors apache's process model.

Re: mod_perl speed difference between Fedora Core 1 and Fedora Core 3

2005-01-06 Thread Alex Greg
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:40:01 -0600, Frank Wiles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 18:15:27 + > Alex Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Recently I've upgraded one of our mod_perl servers to Fedora Core 3 > > (the others are all running Fedora Core 1). > > > > > >

Re: mod_perl speed difference between Fedora Core 1 and Fedora Core 3

2005-01-06 Thread Frank Wiles
On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 12:01:35 -0700 "John D. Sanders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry for butting in here but you have piqued my curiosity. Is it > better to do a minimal install of RHAS and build up from there with > source or should I use what ships and just add to it. This is starting t

Re: mod_perl speed difference between Fedora Core 1 and Fedora Core 3

2005-01-06 Thread John D Groenveld
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Perrin Harkins wr ites: >How can you tell, and what can you do about it? Any specific info would >be greatly appreciated. OS issues might be best pinpointed by benchmarking the two httpd's on the two Fedora's but w/o modperl loaded. John [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mod_perl speed difference between Fedora Core 1 and Fedora Core 3

2005-01-06 Thread Frank Wiles
On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 13:56:11 -0500 Perrin Harkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 12:40 -0600, Frank Wiles wrote: > > While I agree recompling Perl will help, you might also look into > > whether or not SELinux is slowing you down. > > How can you tell, and what can you do

Re: mod_perl speed difference between Fedora Core 1 and Fedora Core 3

2005-01-06 Thread John D. Sanders
Sorry for butting in here but you have piqued my curiosity.  Is it better to do a minimal install of RHAS and build up from there with source or should I use what ships and just add to it. On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 12:40 -0600, Frank Wiles wrote: While I agree recompling Perl will he

Re: mod_perl speed difference between Fedora Core 1 and Fedora Core 3

2005-01-06 Thread Perrin Harkins
On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 12:40 -0600, Frank Wiles wrote: > While I agree recompling Perl will help, you might also look into > whether or not SELinux is slowing you down. How can you tell, and what can you do about it? Any specific info would be greatly appreciated. Regarding recompiling perl,

Re: mod_perl speed difference between Fedora Core 1 and Fedora Core 3

2005-01-06 Thread Frank Wiles
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 18:15:27 + Alex Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > Recently I've upgraded one of our mod_perl servers to Fedora Core 3 > (the others are all running Fedora Core 1). > > > What I've found is that the Fedora Core 3 machine is consistently > slower to respond than

Re: mod_perl speed difference between Fedora Core 1 and Fedora Core 3

2005-01-06 Thread John D Groenveld
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alex Greg writes: >We're using the Fedora Perl packages (perl-5.8.3-16 on FC1, >perl-5.8.5-9 on FC3), but I have compiled Apache and mod_perl on all >the machines from source, with the following command: If you build your own Perl from source, you can remove the pot

mod_perl speed difference between Fedora Core 1 and Fedora Core 3

2005-01-06 Thread Alex Greg
Hi, Recently I've upgraded one of our mod_perl servers to Fedora Core 3 (the others are all running Fedora Core 1). What I've found is that the Fedora Core 3 machine is consistently slower to respond than the Fedora Core 1 machines: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# for f in web1 web2 web3 web4; do ec