Load spikes and excessive memory usage in mod_python. “The final answer? Stop using mod_python, use mod_wsgi and run it with daemon mode instead. You will save yourself a lot of headaches by doing so.”
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Load spikes and excessive memory usage in mod_python. “The final answer? Stop using mod_python, use mod_wsgi and run it with daemon mode instead. You will save yourself a lot of headaches by doing so.”
not sure what people have against mod_scgi, for external processes.
dbt - 17th March 2009 04:43 - #
Personally I stay clear of scgi and fastcgi for two reasons: firstly, I have a huge aversion to anything that requires me to babysit after a bunch of external processes (I'm not a good enough sysadmin to get daemontools etc working reliably). Secondly, I'd much rather debug things over HTTP than have to deal with a one-off binary protocol.
For me, it's the second reason Simon gave. HTTP servers that don't speak HTTP are a bad idea; I want everything in my web stack to use the same protocol.