Topic: Are there any plans to port Apache MPM to windows ?

[jimski]

If apache MPM was ported to windows it would set a new high bar for windows web servers.
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/threadpool.html

Yes, I'm aware of the difficulty of porting it to windows but until something like this happens or until the developers of mod_fcgid start supporting multiple threads per process windows will remain as the last choice for production web server.

[James Blond]

That module is a variant of worker mpm and I'm sure there won't be a port to windows. the windows mpm / winnt mpm is a threaded mpm

IIRC the threadpool mpm is now event mpm ( but I'm not sure, it just sounds like the techical part of event mpm [1])



[1] http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/event.html

[jimski]

I brought up the thread pool as an example because that's the path that other high performance webservers have taken. Thread pools in a non-blocking architecture can improve performance so much that a single webserver can saturate 10Gb/s network with ease while serving tens of thousands of requests per second. The difference is really dramatic. On Linux Apache performance is decent and with thread pools it will be excellent. On windows Apache just drags like a dog in a tarpit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1baiT1mtfE

As far as pools are concerned take a look at this article.
http://nginx.com/blog/thread-pools-boost-performance-9x/

[James Blond]

The performance on windows does have to be that bad. But Steffen also uses a combo auf IIS for static stuff and apache for the dynamic stuff.