Re: Re: shared memory on php servers?

2012/12/4 Stuart Dallas <stuart@3ft9.com> > On 4 Dec 2012, at 10:51, rene7705 <rene7705@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I would also like to hear any thoughts on how to efficiently add, > > delete and edit data in this large and deep array structure from > > multiple sessions at nearly the same time.. > > > > On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 11:49 AM, rene7705 <rene7705@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi folks.. > >> > >> I'm wondering, what's the fastest way to put a large and deep array() > >> structure in shared memory on a PHP server? > > Split the data up into smaller pieces. There's rarely a valid reason to > store a huge array of data as a single blob. It's an array, so it breaks up > by the first level of keys at the very least. > > Look at APC, memcached, and redis. These are the most popular ways to > store data in shared memory. Note that APC is a PHP extension so you can > only access the shared memory from one machine, whereas memcached and redis > are separate daemons so you can access them from multiple servers. > > Also, as Sebastian says, a database is another option unless you have a > good reason to want the data in shared memory rather than a DB. > Beside that you can have Databases in memory too, like SQLite on a tmpfs-mount, or a specialized memory-persistent database engine :) > > -Stuart > > -- > Stuart Dallas > 3ft9 Ltd > http://3ft9.com/ > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- github.com/KingCrunch