Hello all,
I could use your assistance. I have been tasked to
show the performance differences between Perl CGI
scripts and mod_perl scripts running on an Apache
web server on a small isolated network.
I am assuming mod_perl will outperform CGI if the
scripts are well written.
I need to send these scripts to Apache so that it can
run them. From this I can then generate some statistics
as to how well each of them performs. I am not sure
where to begin in regards to the network aspect of the
testing. I have been reading the Apache/mod_perl
FAQ/How-To's on the net and studying Perl from
O' Reilly's Learning Perl and Perl Programming.
I understand that if the Apache server is running:
# apachectl start --> starts Apache
# ps -ef | grep httpd --> starts about 10 httpd processes by
default to handle connections
Then I evoke a Perl CGI script on the same system:
# perl cgi_test.pl --> the external Perl interpretor processes
the script and passes it to the Apache web server to be parsed.
* I do not know how to proceed in getting a script that
originated from a client to execute on the Apache webserver?
Do I need to specify an IP address in the script or configure
a configuration file?
* The script would also have to execute many thousands of
times for better results.
* I am assuming that after I compile the mod_perl binaries so
that the Apache server supports mod_perl, it will still support
Perl CGI???
The testing is being done primarily on Mandrake Linux 7.0 for
now but I may do the same thing for Win98se. The Apache
and mod_perl distros are new within a month. Anyone have
any good ideas on how to go about doing this??? Thanks a
bunch.
NETWORK CONFIGURATION
Gateway machine (Win98se) = 192.168.0.1
Apache webserver (Mandrake 7.0/Win98se/Sol 7) = 192.168.0.2
Test client (Win98/Mandrake 7.0) = 192.168.0.3
Sincerely,
Rich
