Topic: Best PHP Accelator for Apache as a handler on windows server

[elavarasan]

Hi,

Any one can advise, which is best the php accelator for apache2 as a handler. i need to deploy it into apache2.

If it is, can you share with me that how to install it on window server 2008 r2 with 64bit.


I'm looking for a php performance with apahe2 handler

Thanks,

[James Blond]

Which accelators did you try?

[elavarasan]

Currently i haven't implements any accelators. can you suggest which is stable on windows server 2008 r2 with PHP-NTS.

If possible can you post the configuration method as well.

Thanks,

[James Blond]

PHP-NTS? Have you decided to run PHP over fcgid? And if yes why? Running unstable PHP extensions? Usualy the php module is faster than the fcgid solution.
There are a lot of topic in the apachelounge forum. Use the forum search

APC
eAccelerator
Wincache

[elavarasan]

thanks and initially i have setup apache with PHP-NT. after that i'm facing a lot of issues in application level.

Then i switch over to Mod_Fcgid. this quite ok compared to earlier one.

Please suggest can i go with any one which you mentioned on windows server 2008 R2

APC
eAccelerator
Wincache

Thanks,

[Smitty]

We've found that PHP using FastCGI is faster than using the PHP module.

It is also much more stable. We use Moodle and every 10-15 minutes php5ts.dll would crash using the PHP module. We could never solve the crash (and we were only using the built-in extensions).

We've been using Wincache with FastCGI and PHP NTS. It works great.

[James Blond]

[Millennium]

Zend Optimize Plus + Zend Datacache (+ APC api)


Provided by ZendServer CE (freeware) Works great and fast

[elavarasan]

Smitty, exactly me too facing php5ts.dll, crashed frequently.

My Hardware Specs :
OS : windows server 2008 R2
RAM : 24Gb
Core/Processors : 4Core/Processors

My Mod_Fcgid :
LoadModule fcgid_module modules/mod_fcgid.so
FcgidInitialEnv PHPRC "c:/php"
AddHandler fcgid-script .php
FcgidWrapper "c:/php/php-cgi.exe" .php
MaxRequestLen 25728640


Thanks,

[elavarasan]

Smitty, Can you post your wincache setup,

When i check in PHP forum they said that Basic requirement is IIS with FastCGI but mine is Apache with Mod_Fcgid.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/wincache.requirements.php

Is it possible can i use this WinCache in my Apache 2.2.x with PHP-NTS.


Thanks,

[elavarasan]

Millennium,

Can you post your methods of

Zend Optimize Plus + Zend Datacache (+ APC api)
Provided by ZendServer CE (freeware) Works great and fast

Because i have already Apache 2.2.x with PHP-NTS [ Mod_Fcgid ].

Will ZendServer CE overwrite my existing Apache server or is there any way to install without affecting existing setup.


Thanks,

[Millennium]

[Smitty]

Hi,

Here are my mod_fcgid settings (we are using the Apache Lounge version)

FcgidInitialEnv PHPRC "c:\php"
FcgidInitialEnv PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS 1000000
FcgidMaxProcesses 400
FcgidMaxRequestLen 536870912
MaxRequestsPerProcess 50000000
FcgidMaxRequestsPerProcess 5000000000
FcgidMinProcessesPerClass 0
FcgidIOTimeout 600
AddHandler fcgid-script .php
FcgidWrapper "c:/php/php-cgi.exe" .php

CPU is a Xeon E3-1280 with 16GB of ECC RAM.

Apache's mod_status reports about 5 requests per second. We usually get around 5-7 million hits a month.

This configuration has proven MUCH more stable than the mod_php version. We tried all summer to run mod_php (with much less traffic) and it would randomly crash all of the time.

[vegitaboss]

For me Zend Optimize Plus works very good. I have a very big website, with 20Gigs Db, i was able to run smoothly with no problem