all right that 'll save me a lot of hassle...
is mod_perl2 stable enough for production purposes or is it highly not recommended to use it in prod?
apart from that, apache2 gave me impressive results when benchmarking with ab against a single html page. it was able to handle 1400+ hits a sec, whereas apache1 on the same box only handled about 650-700... wow! i've got to figure out if it performs as well in real life though...