Rod,

mod_perl 1.99 is still under development, and is not really recommended for production use. But Apache 1.36/mod_perl 1.0 on Windows is essentially a single-threaded, single-process application and while somewhat more stable, is not really recommended for production use either.

Personally I have used both the Apache 1.36/mod_perl 1.0/Win2K and Apache 2.0/mod_perl 1.99/Win2K in production, but on a pretty low traffic a site (nowhere near the hits you are getting). I was pretty much forced into it by our client, our app usually runs on Linux or BSD but they wanted Windows, and in the end, the client is always right :-P. Personally I would not recommend it at all, and have promised to fight tooth and nail the next time a client requests we deploy on Windows.

I would recommend moving to some form of UNIX instead of Win2K, you will likely see even better performance than you are seeing now. Although, this is just my opinion and experience, others may have had different results, so take what i say with a grain of salt.

-stvn

In reply to Re: Is mod_perl for Windoze not ready for prime time? by stvn
in thread Is mod_perl for Windoze not ready for prime time? by Anonymous Monk

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