Comments for GingerSwan.com http://www.gingerswan.com My rantings Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:03:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comment on Server load problems. Varnish vs Nginx vs Apache vs PHP DSO vs FCGI vs suPHP vs APC vs eAccelerator vs memcached by SEO http://www.gingerswan.com/2011/09/19/server-load-problems-varnish-vs-nginx-vs-apache-vs-php-dso-vs-fcgi-vs-suphp-vs-apc-vs-eaccelerator-vs-memcached/comment-page-1/#comment-61 SEO Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:03:32 +0000 http://www.gingerswan.com/?p=27#comment-61 The problem with multiple sites (like i have also) is that APC, Xcache etc. fill up insanely fast. You will see files from any site in the cache. If you have, say, 20-40 sites (like i have)..it becomes clear that, say, a 64MB cache can simply not hold all the PHP files for all the sites. (As for APC/Xcache..i myself have not seen any differences whatsoever in using them). As for php-fpm...i think i will only touch this once there is a clean solution for using this within Cpanel/Easyapache. (With PHP5.4 hopefully). Honestly, all the sites talking about getting php-fpm work under cpanel/WHM sound like some nerd hacking blah blah...certainly nothing i want to try on a production server. As for Nginx..its likely that Nginx is totally overrated when it comes to PHP and Wordpress, in particular MANY WP sites on one server. There might actually not be any performance gain exchanging Apache for Nginx...so the hassle of going for Nginx at the end might not even be worth it. I am telling you, you can read months about apache optimization and caches, varnish etc...and STILL know not more than before. Varnish is also just some half... solution since it really doesnt cache a lot with wordpress - UNLESS you start configuring custom VCLs to make it actually cache wordpress sites properly... The problem with multiple sites (like i have also) is that APC, Xcache etc. fill up insanely fast. You will see files from any site in the cache. If you have, say, 20-40 sites (like i have)..it becomes clear that, say, a 64MB cache can simply not hold all the PHP files for all the sites. (As for APC/Xcache..i myself have not seen any differences whatsoever in using them). As for php-fpm…i think i will only touch this once there is a clean solution for using this within Cpanel/Easyapache. (With PHP5.4 hopefully). Honestly, all the sites talking about getting php-fpm work under cpanel/WHM sound like some nerd hacking blah blah…certainly nothing i want to try on a production server. As for Nginx..its likely that Nginx is totally overrated when it comes to PHP and WordPress, in particular MANY WP sites on one server. There might actually not be any performance gain exchanging Apache for Nginx…so the hassle of going for Nginx at the end might not even be worth it. I am telling you, you can read months about apache optimization and caches, varnish etc…and STILL know not more than before. Varnish is also just some half… solution since it really doesnt cache a lot with wordpress – UNLESS you start configuring custom VCLs to make it actually cache wordpress sites properly…

]]> Comment on Server load problems. Varnish vs Nginx vs Apache vs PHP DSO vs FCGI vs suPHP vs APC vs eAccelerator vs memcached by admin http://www.gingerswan.com/2011/09/19/server-load-problems-varnish-vs-nginx-vs-apache-vs-php-dso-vs-fcgi-vs-suphp-vs-apc-vs-eaccelerator-vs-memcached/comment-page-1/#comment-51 admin Sat, 15 Oct 2011 21:10:58 +0000 http://www.gingerswan.com/?p=27#comment-51 I've resorted back to using prefork with dso at the moment whilst i work on getting php-fpm working. Maybe your APC size settings are too small and its filling up too quickly? I’ve resorted back to using prefork with dso at the moment whilst i work on getting php-fpm working.

Maybe your APC size settings are too small and its filling up too quickly?

]]> Comment on Server load problems. Varnish vs Nginx vs Apache vs PHP DSO vs FCGI vs suPHP vs APC vs eAccelerator vs memcached by Paul http://www.gingerswan.com/2011/09/19/server-load-problems-varnish-vs-nginx-vs-apache-vs-php-dso-vs-fcgi-vs-suphp-vs-apc-vs-eaccelerator-vs-memcached/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Paul Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:01:23 +0000 http://www.gingerswan.com/?p=27#comment-48 I have been trying to setup my server with W3 Total Cache. I can not get APC working for database or minify. What PHP handler did you use to get that working? If i use APC for database caching it will only cache 1 query, where if I use disk it will cache most queries. Also I can not get disk enhanced to work where as disk basic will. Please help! I have been trying to setup my server with W3 Total Cache. I can not get APC working for database or minify. What PHP handler did you use to get that working? If i use APC for database caching it will only cache 1 query, where if I use disk it will cache most queries. Also I can not get disk enhanced to work where as disk basic will. Please help!

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