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To install mod_benchmark package your need at least the following mandatory items:

  • Linux 2.2.x or higher
     
  • Apache 1.3.18+ or 2.0.36+
     

Then, depending on the functionnalities you want to use, you may need this optional software:

  • A Database server if you wan to log info into it. Supported ones are: MySQL 3.x/4.x, PostgreSQL 7+, Sybase 11.9.2, Oracle 9.2
     
  • Data stored in a Database can be then be displayed using a Web-based interface. If you plan to use it you need PHP 4.x or Perl 5.x
     
  • The Web-base interface displays SVG graphics, so you also need a SVG-compatible Browser (a SVG Viewer plug-in can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com
     
  • If you wan to monitor the Web site performance using Big-Brother, you need Big-Brother (available at bb4.com) and the LARRD package (available at larrd.packetpushers.com) which produces graphs using the RRDTool (available at http://ee-staff.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool)
     
  • If you want to send graphs generated by the Perl version of the Control Panel, you need the Mail::Sender package (available at www.cpan.org)


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