Re: Mod_Perl2 vs. Mod_Perl1, MPM_WORKER....

["William A. Rowe, Jr." <suppressed>]

Perrin Harkins wrote:
> On 3/26/07, Frank Wiles <suppressed> wrote:
>> > Further, what success have people had using threading with mod_perl2,
>> > using MPM_WORKER?
>>
>>    Other than for some testing of modules I haven't found a need to use
>>    either the threaded or worker MPMs.
> 
> I'd second that.  The general advice is to avoid using threads if you
> are on a unix-like system.  They are slower and use more memory than
> the prefork MPM on those systems.

Hmmm, been using it here for about 6 years.

Careful with FUD, threading by definition is lighter weight than processes,
although the older Linux threads certainly didn't measure up.

Bill