Netscape Web Server and Perl

marcos has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

In the project I'm currently working on we're using Netscape iPlanet Web Server. I have a set of perl CGI that handle e-mail delivery via WAP (the user can send and/or receive e-mail via a WAP mobile phone). We are going to offer this service to our users, and I'm wondering about performance! Is there any extension for Netscape Web Server that integrate the perl interpreter in the web server ... is there any mod_perl for Netscape, or does anybody have any suggestion?
TIA
marcos

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Re: Netscape Web Server and Perl by c-era (Curate) on Jul 06, 2000 at 15:03 UTC
I do not know of any mod_perl for iplanet. Where I work, QWest (formaly US West), we use iplanet and perl a lot. I haven't noticed any problems with performance, even on older servers. If you want to improve performance you can always write a deamon that can handle multiple requests, but I don't think that is necessary. The best advice I can give you is to test it out, perform benchmarks to see how your server can handle the stress.	[reply]
RE: Netscape Web Server and Perl by CMonster (Scribe) on Jul 06, 2000 at 21:31 UTC
Take a look at VelociGen, a plug-in for iPlanet that gives great performance with regular Perl CGI. You can download an eval copy at www.velocigen.com.	[reply]
Re: Netscape Web Server and Perl by geektron (Curate) on Jul 06, 2000 at 22:44 UTC
check out nsapi-perl on CPAN. it provides a mod_perl-ish environment for Netscape servers.	[reply]
RE: Netscape Web Server and Perl by geektron (Curate) on Jul 06, 2000 at 22:45 UTC
check out nsapi on CPAN. it provides a mod_perl-ish environment for Netscape servers.	[reply]