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=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Hello, mod_perl users,



TL;DR:=C2=A0 which Perl-based solution would you recommend for serving long=
-term

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 HTTP connections?



=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 We use mod_perl for our project, and we would l=
ike to add

a component which needs long-term connections (think websockets or

server-side-events

nts/Using_server-sent_events" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://=
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Server-sent_events/Using_server-se=
nt_events).

We use mpm_prefork for the main site, so adding long-term connections

there is not feasible. So I am looking for alternatives. The logic

behind this application would probably not be overly complicated,

probably just forwarding pub/sub events from Redis or some other

message broker to HTTP clients or something like that.



=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 I would expect to serve about 30-100k simultane=
ous connections,

not necessarily handled by a single host. The peak value of 10k connections=


per host would be sufficient. I expect I will put haproxy or some other

load balancer in front of these servers, so for example SSL/TLS is not

strictly necessary.



=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Is mod_perl with mpm_worker suitable for this t=
ask? Or should I use

something AnyEvent-based, such as Twiggy (I don't know whether Twiggyr>
supports multiple processes/threads)? Or even something completely differen=
t?



Thanks in advance for any recommendations.



-Yenya



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