On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Rey Rex wrote:
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> For dynamic pages with database access on Linux, do you think Apache with
> FastCGI compares well with AOLserver? I really am a newbie to all of this
> so any bit of info/speculation/tips would help a lot.
It really depends on your application. If you are familiar with Tcl, then
AOLserver is the way to go. I'm a Perl junkie, so I use mod_perl. A lot of
big sites (e.g. www.imdb.com) use mod_perl. But AOL itself uses AOLserver.
PHP is supposed to be lighter and faster than mod_perl. And Zend (PHP4) is
even faster than PHP3. So if you're into PHP, that would be a good
solution.
But whatever you choose.. choose what you're comfortable with. Nothing can
make ME give up Perl (you'll have to pry my cold dead fingers away from
the keyboard..) so I use mod_perl (actually Apache::ASP). Choose what's
good for you.
p.s. Joshua Chamas (Apache::ASP developer) clocked a fairly complex
Apache::ASP script at 3-6 requests/second on a PII-300. If that's fast
enough for you, go for it. Note that any significant dynamic content will
probably be database-based, and the speed of the backend queries will be
the limiting factor, rather than the httpd itself.
Perl's MAJOR advantage is the DBI -- a database independent,
object-orientied API. Neither Tcl nor PHP have that feature (database
independence).
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