From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 24 09:41:31 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3887F16A4CE for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 09:41:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (A17-250-248-47.apple.com [17.250.248.47]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4136043D5A for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 09:41:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) by smtpout.mac.com (8.12.6/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id i0OHfSW4000115; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 09:41:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.6] (pool-68-161-129-47.ny325.east.verizon.net [68.161.129.47]) (authenticated bits=0)i0OHfNeO010428; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 09:41:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20040124000529.VTWB3905.fed1mtao04.cox.net@SAMBA> References: <20040124000529.VTWB3905.fed1mtao04.cox.net@SAMBA> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v609) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <8A79BD8B-4E94-11D8-9B19-003065A20588@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 12:41:29 -0500 To: Brent Wiese X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.609) cc: 'FreeBSD-questions list' Subject: Re: CURL in PHP performance question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 17:41:31 -0000 On Jan 23, 2004, at 7:05 PM, Brent Wiese wrote: > I've never used it, but based on the way it reads, it seems like the > overhead of the calls on even a moderately busy site could have serious > server impacts. Am I worried about nothing or do I need to put my > foot down so he doesn't affect the other jail users by taking up all > the resources? What resource(s) are you worried about CURL consuming? CPU time? Tell the user to run these processes using nice so that other user's tasks will be minimally effected. If you're concerned about VM usage, or I/O, or something, experiment a bit and determine whether there is an issue, then consider saying "no", or tuning the system, or changing /etc/login.conf to adjust resource limits appropriately. -- -Chuck