Re: apache2 & php stability

Apache2 is multithreaded and works better under higher loads with a smaller memory footprint. If you have 300 simul connections under apache 1.3 you need 300 forks. The same load under apache 2 runs under 300 threads. With Linux 2.6 threads are very lightweight and in terms of system resources very inexpensive to start. Under a high load spike Apache 2 would, in theory, respond better. Greg Donald wrote:

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:55:31 -0600, Anthony Gauda <agauda@grailnetworks.com> wrote:

I have read at various places on the web that Apache 2 and PHP running as a module isn't recommended for production sites. Does anyone here run PHP 4/5 and Apache2 in a high load production environment with success? If so, whats your configuration?

I don't have any experiences to share with you about PHP5 and Apache2 except that I'm using them on a server at home so I can play with Mojavi 3. But I got a question for you.. What does Apache2 have that you need feature-wise that Apache doesn't have already? Just curious is all. :)