Topic: Performance on Windows Server 2008 R2

[nwpullman]

Dear Apache Lounge Forum,

We currently have an installation of Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 with the original vanilla build of Apache. We are with this using PHP 5.2.17 installed as an Apache module in the customer's environment.*

As we are experiencing some minor performance issues on this Webserver with a high CPU load for just viewing a couple of pages, we are thinking if there is something that we have done wrong in our setup. We have been thinking about trying Apache Lounge and also using PHP as a CGI module.

What can Apache Lounge and/or CGI do for us in this scenario? What can we also take a look at except opimizing our code and caching?

Thanks a lot for your help!

Best

Per

* We cannot use IIS as we are dependent on the mod_rewrite for Drupal.

[Smitty]

You should really consider switching to PHP 5.3.x. The 5.2 branch isn't being supported anymore.

[James Blond]

On very high load you have the same usage of memory with apache and php over fcgid as with apache and php as module (overall). I hope you mean f(ast)cgi(d) and not normal cgi.

Did you disabled all not used PHP extensions?

I think Smitty is right with an upgrade to 5.3. On Windows 5.3 is 40% faster than 5.2. And soonish 5.4 will come.

[nwpullman]

Hi!

Thank you for your tips. We will suggest to the customer to upgrade Drupal to version 7, to allow for PHP 5.3.

Also we will give the Apache Lounge build a try since it uses VC9.

Thanks,

Best Regards

Per

[PanchoJ]

Hi nwpullman,

How did you go with your set up? I wondering, as I have the same setup as you? Are you using cache modules at all?

Cheers