Re: mod_perl memory usage

Hi all,

Just FYI, we have switch mod_perl2 off on all validator servers again.
Running under mod-perl seemed like a good idea, but there were some  
issues we're having trouble explaining, like how the load remained  
really, really high on the machines (apache2 processes using up a lot  
of CPU) even when very few requests were being received.

Switcing off mod_perl means more resource forks, and a slightly  
slower validation process, but ultimately, less load and less wait,  
it seems. Go figure.

I still want to try some of the performance tweaks you suggested,  
Ville [1] (avoiding copying content, undef-ing after use, etc).  
Gerald also was suggesting looking at e.g BSD::Resource or any ulimit- 
like system, to avoid having some "check" processes spin away and hog  
CPU. Worth a shot.

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-qa-dev/2007Jul/0022.html

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olivier