I guess this isn't exactly the right place, but if anyone knows about the real world and DBD::Proxy with Apache it's you people... I have been working with a client who has looked at using Intel platforms (with Linux cwas the initial alternative platform) as a backend modperl/Oracle web engine. They have been running on Solaris for years. As part of a related project they have used DBD::Proxy and DBI::ProxyServer to reach a "firewalled" DB. Hence the interest. I am curious if anyone has comments on the performance of using: DBD::Proxy -> DBI::ProxyServer -> DBD::Oracle -> Oracle <-- host1 --> <------------ host 2 ----------> <-- host3 -> or <-- host1 --> <------------------ host2 ------------------> as opposed to DBD::Oracle -> Oracle <-- host1 --> <-- host2 --> ? The reason is that at the moment their selection of base OS is dependent on having Oracle (or whatever) client libraries, and I would like to be able to widen their scope in terms of benchmarking with other OSes. Asking here is part of the first steps ... This solution, apart from offering a wider choice of platform, may also help focus resources and reliability issues on a functional / application software basis, rather than a very simple client-server model. (Even though both are client-server...) TIA. Regards, -- Peter Galbavy Knowledge Matters Ltd http://www.knowledge.com/