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From: Michael Hampicke <gentoo-user@××××.biz>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} RAM & apache MaxClients (rock & a hard place)
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:03:25
Message-Id: 5139A941.6020706@hadt.biz
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} RAM & apache MaxClients (rock & a hard place) by Michael Mol
1 Am 07.03.2013 22:49, schrieb Michael Mol:
2 > On 03/07/2013 04:44 PM, Grant wrote:
3 >>>> Thanks Michael, I think I will set up nginx to serve my images. That
4 >>>> should take a big load off apache. Is nginx still beneficial when
5 >>>> using the Worker MPM?
6 >>>
7 >>> It...depends?
8 >>>
9 >>> nginx in reverse caching proxy mode will simply serve up objects before
10 >>> the httpd it's protecting has to deal with them. Whether the type of an
11 >>> MPM makes a significant difference on nginx's value depends more on what
12 >>> kind of work you are (or aren't) asking Apache to do. I really couldn't
13 >>> answer that for you without knowing the details behind what you're
14 >>> running on top of Apache.
15 >>
16 >> OK, I think either nginx or Worker would help prevent MaxClients from
17 >> being reached and using both of them would help even further.
18 >
19 > If you're using mod_php, you cannot use MPM Worker. Just sayin. It's so
20 > unsupported, they block each other in Portage.
21 >
22
23 But you can use worker in conjunction with php via fastcgi or php-fpm.
24 In the best event, that should slightly decrease apaches overall memory
25 footprint.

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