Topic: Apache process stuck at 25% on Quad Core Server with PHP

[carpediem]

Hi,
We have a new Windows 2003 server running Apache 2.2.9 and PHP.
Its an internal server running an application we wrote inhouse, so it rarely gets more than a couple of accessing it at any one time.
However, the application does create some PDF's on the fly, which takes for ever - 5 to 10 mintutes to produce. On checking the processor performance, apache is stuck at using 25% CPU usage. It does not bounce up or down, and just sticks at 25% solid, until its finished. I am assuming that this is because its a quad core processor and is only using 1 core.

Any ideas how I can make it use the full CPU power of all the cores?

Thanks
Bill

[James Blond]

You can use PHP as fcgid than it will run in a different process.