AdCycle is implemented as a Perl CGI program with over several thousand lines of code. This imposes a great overhead since the many thousand lines of code needs to be recompiled on each and every request. By making the script persistent in a FastCGI environment, the overhead is avoided and this makes your AdCycle installation run many times faster and have the ability to handle tens or hundreds of thousands of impressions/clicks per day.


I read about FastCGI when I am looking for banner script. What is it?Can it be installed into my RaQ?

Originally posted by certify


I read about FastCGI when I am looking for banner script. What is it?Can it be installed into my RaQ?

FastCGI is a module that runs with many web servers that speeds up cgi scripts, similar to mod_perl (although, I find that mod_perl makes better use of system resources).

I don't see any reason why FastCGI could not be implemented on a RaQ, but if you look through the mailing list the question has been asked, and never answered.

Is mod_perl installed in RaQ3 by default?

Anybody knows how to installed FastCGI into RaQ?

Originally posted by certify
Is mod_perl installed in RaQ3 by default?

Anybody knows how to installed FastCGI into RaQ?

mod_perl is installed by default on all RaQs.

If you want real speed in a cgi-bin type program, look for C or C++ programs. Try the archives at:
http://www.hotscripts.com

http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/C_and_C++/


Since C is a compiled language, you usually get much better performance than with PERL, PHP, or even mod_perl. I recently reviewed a web mail app written in C that was modeled after NeoMail, a PERL based script. The C version was at least 100X faster and used less resources.

When I tried installing FASTCGI on a RAQ I found that I had to re-compile apache therefore I did not bother as you have to be crazie to re-compile apache on a RAQ (Its a static module).

But keep checking the Fast CGI web site as they may have a version which utilises the APXS script (Dynamic Module).

Yup - I just checked and FAST CGI has DSO support now so you can install it on a RAQ using the APXS script.

Thats good is that ;)

For those that don't know the FastCGI website is:

http://www.fastcgi.com/

hello,

what does DSO mean?

thanks

David

Originally posted by diyoha

what does DSO mean?


Short Answer: Dynamic Shared Object

Longer:

It is a way to load a piece of code into a running program, and share that memory space. More details:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/dso.html