On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 11:34:10 +0000 "Jeff Peng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,lists, > > We have some web applications in the schedule of development.We have > not decided under which mode to run the services.They are some > applications relative to email system.I think mod_perl or fastcgi > should be the best choice.Is there anyone who have those experiences > could give me some advice?What are the advantage and disadvantage > about both of them?Are there any docs that describe the comparing > about them?Thanks. Well the biggest difference that impact most people is that you'll probably have an easier time finding a shared web hosting provider that supports FastCGI vs mod_perl. But if you're running on your own server this isn't an issue. FastCGI's only real feature is that it allows you to run your CGI application in a persistant state to avoid the fork-compile-execute performance problem. Whereas mod_perl can also do this via ModPerl::Registry, ModPerl::PerlRun, etc depending on your needs... but mod_perl also provides a ton of other useful features not available to most other web development environments. Some of these are: having full access to the Apache API, ability to filter the I/O of other applications, ability to change how URIs are mapped to files on the filesystem, ability to use protocols other than HTTP, etc, etc. While FastCGI might be the right choice your *these* particular applications, mod_perl in general is typically a better choice for developers that build more complex systems or just a greater number of systems in general. --------------------------------- Frank Wiles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.wiles.org ---------------------------------
