Apache .htaccess vs httpd - does it really matter?

Question

I know this question has been asked many times and I\'ve researched it myself on Google as well but just can\'t come up with the answer I need.

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Answer 1

With my test (based on: http://www.fubra.com/blog/2008/01/07/htaccess-vs-httpdconf/), the result is: the performance difference is negligible.

5000 rounds:

# htaccess Disabled
real    1m1.069s
user    0m10.956s
sys     0m9.748s

# htaccess Enabled
real    1m1.658s
user    0m11.434s
sys     0m9.848s