Re: php4 crashing servers

Dan Phoenix wrote: > setting maxclients to 150 in apache > and having a linux box with 250 megs of ram > crashed the box with an error saying > VX: cannot free_pages are you crazy?!? the setting should be around 250 - 32 or 64meg for os / apache size (generally 4-8meg) at best of 4meg i would not load this upto more than 50! > > etc something like that. > I am stiull running php3 and would like to move to php4. > should i compile with low-memory? > I still can;t beleive php4 crashed our servers like that. > > anyone run into this? there is no need to compile with low memory, you have plent, just so long as you dont hit above about 50 similtanious users. if you require more than that many users add more ram. be sure to install the latest php and zend optimizer too, this will save a lot of time on the scripts. Cameron Brunner Director of Operations dynomyte.net