Re: [PHP4BETA] URGENT INFORMATION NEEDED

Time to found php-advocacy, I guess. On Thu, Oct 07, 1999 at 06:15:19PM +0000, Paul Dlug wrote: > I know I posted earlier today requesting information on scalability and > resource issues with PHP4beta2 but I now urgently need to scramble for > info to make the case to a client who is bent on going with mod_perl or > python(PyApache) as a solution. I only have 24 hours to put this > together, I hope someone can help. Basically I need to know facts on the > scalablity and requirements on resources of PHP vs. other solutions, can > PHP scale well to handle massive tasks, ie. millions upon millions of > requests per day and large data transfers. Yes. There are large sites which use PHP to deliver millions of pages daily and which also deliver large amounts of data (binary). A collection of sites which deploy PHP can be found here: http://www.php.net/sites.php3 > What is the typical resident > memory size of a mod_php apache server under load? We were seeing > mod_perl httpd's bloat to close to 20mb under certain circumstances, > does PHP do this better? Depends on the platform, on x86 Apache + PHP 4 uses typically about 5 to 6MB RSS. mod_perl often leaks memory which increases the RSS. -- Regards, Sascha Schumann Consultant