[Catalyst] 5.80005: $c->req->remote_user and apache: excluding actions from authentication

[Tomas Doran]

Francesc Romà i Frigolé wrote:
> I did my tests some months 
> ago with smaller files (1-5 MB) and I don't remember the exact results 
> now, but I clearly remember that it made a very significant difference. 

Hmm, well, with smaller files you have tcp slow start, and other effects 
that can cloud your results - you specifically mentioned throughput, so 
I tested with a fairly large file to eliminate those effects :)

> Both perceptually and numerically. Since the deployment documentation 
> recommends not serving static files with catalyst I assumed it was normal.

I'd still recommend serving your CSS/JS/icons directly through apache, 
it is more efficient.

But for things like document downloads with access control etc, then 
just using:

http://search.cpan.org/~flora/Catalyst-Plugin-Static-Simple-0.21/lib/Catalyst/Plugin/Static/Simple.pm#serve_static_file_$file_path

very much works 'well enough' until you have lots (10s) of concurrent 
downloads.

Cheers
t0m