According to ricarDo oliveiRa:
> I have a site running Apache-1.3.6, PHP-3.0.9, mod_perl-1.20 on Solaris with
> a Sybase Database. And it has some performance flaws. This site has
> thousands of hits per day (not sure of how many, though) and it should be
> faster (few images, no animations whatsoever).
>
> Can anybody tell me what could be done here? EmbPerl instead of PHP?
> mod_perl/apache tuning? Should database access be done through PHP or
> mod_perl? When should I use PHP? and mod_perl? do I need both?
Are you using Apache::DBI to hold persistent connections to the
backend database? It may be the connect time that is the problem.
Les Mikesell
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