Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 09:56:40 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Gabriel Ambuehl <gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD a good choice for high performance webservers? Message-ID: <20010926095640.C86198@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <60164745040.20010926174838@buz.ch>; from gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch on Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 05:48:38PM %2B0200 References: <60164745040.20010926174838@buz.ch>
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--pAwQNkOnpTn9IO2O Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 05:48:38PM +0200, Gabriel Ambuehl wrote: > Hello questions, > Ok, I know the subject is provoking, but it's absolutely intended > as the Makefile of the Apache 2 port states: > [... configure arguments...] > --disable-threads \ > --with-mpm=3Dpreforked # Apache's thread doesn't work > well in FreeBSD >=20 > As far as I can tell, this means FreeBSD is going to be left behind > by > Linux in the not too distant future (i.e. when Apache 2 gets > released) > cause Linux for sure will work with the threaded MPMs which are > obviously faster than the preforked approach [1] in terms of real > world HTTP performance. I for myself would really LOVE to use the > perchild module to have each VHOST running under a different UID > (needs > lots of RAM but considering what possibilities this introduces[2], > I'm > very willing to go buy that RAM especially with the current RAM > prices) > for which the FreeBSD support looks pretty bad if threaded Apache > doesn't work... Be careful what you assume is "obvious"..I seem to recall there being performance problems with that design model. Kris --pAwQNkOnpTn9IO2O Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7sgjIWry0BWjoQKURAhr7AJ9V2MBhQbNmOfuUfX5vjJMWIZrAKwCgjGmo c534Aq3Xldo8vDDLBUU7s2Q= =EmEW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pAwQNkOnpTn9IO2O-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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