Re: [RFC] modproxy:modperl ratios...

[Vivek Khera]

>>>>> "MS" == Matt Sergeant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>> doing - and the TCP listen queue will hold a few more
>> connections if you are slightly short of backends.

MS> Is there any benefit of mod_proxy over a real proxy front end like "Oops"?

Not being familiar with "Oops", I can say that I use mod_proxy as the
front end so that I can do virtual hosting.  Doing this with Squid is
not so straight-forward (meaning it requires me to spend lots of time
learning something else to maintain.)

Another valid reason which does not apply to me directly, is that some
places it is hard to get software approved for use.  Once you've got
Apache approved, you can then use the mod_proxy within it, but getting
"Oops" or Squid approved may be more difficult.