Re: [cobalt-users] php resources compared to perl

["Charles Williams" <hosting.mailing.list.account@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mez,

I would go PHP+APC (or zend) with mysql.

chuck

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mez" <mezw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] php resources compared to perl


> Nope the perl script does not use mySQL database currently.
> The load on CPU isnt that high constantly, its just when the script.cgi
> kicks in - unsure why it does.
>
> The main website gets around 10,000 hits per day, and I only host the
> forum - which must be getting a load of users to take up a whole server
*g*
>
> ty for advise
> -John
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kingsly John" <kingslyj@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 2:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] php resources compared to perl
>
>
> > On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Mez wrote:
> >
> >  |I have a customer who has a dedicated Raq3 just for his forum on
> >  |website - which is extremely busy His forum is using perl (cgi) and
> >  |the perl scripts running on the server are using 98.9% CPU resources
> >  |at times, running the load on the server extremely high 20.0+ at
> >  |times, which is resulting in an obvious decrease in the speed of his
> >  |forum, and is causing hell on the server - everything seems to lockup
> >  |and die, and have to reboot to get it all back
> >
> > Either something is really wrong with his perl scripts... or they load
is
> > really really high.
> >
> >  |i was wondering if he changed his forum to a mySQL/PHP based one,
> >  |would this put less strain on the RaQ3's CPU?
> >
> > If his perl scripts are also storing the data in a mysql database.. then
> > not much of an improvement.
> >
> > But if the perl scripts use text/html files... then I think you'll
> > definitely get a better performance by switching to a database driven
> > solution
> >
> > Kingsly
> >
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