Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:45:10 -0500 From: Adam Vandemore <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Running Apache with as few modules as possible Message-ID: <49F786F6.8000405@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CCC70317-5DA9-46EE-9DDC-08384F106669@charter.net> References: <C61CD163.A1CC%fsb@thefsb.org> <CCC70317-5DA9-46EE-9DDC-08384F106669@charter.net>
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Charles Howse wrote: > > On Apr 28, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Tom Worster wrote: > >> On 4/28/09 3:14 PM, "Charles Howse" <chowse@charter.net> wrote: >> >>> Can anyone see anything that I've commented that I'll be sorry for? >>> Can anyone suggest any more testing I should do? >> >> unfortunately i can't but i'd like to ask you to tell us, once you're >> done >> with removing modules, how much memory you saved relative to where you >> started. >> >> i'm curious because i went through a similar exercise not long ago >> and would >> be interested to compare notes. > > OK, here we go: > With Apache running on the development machine, modules commented as > in my first post -- > CPU: 0.8% user, 0.0% nice, 0.4% system, 0.8% interrupt, 98.1% idle > Mem: 27M Active, 139M Inact, 64M Wired, 11M Cache, 34M Buf, 648K Free > Swap: 512M Total, 60K Used, 512M Free > > Apache running on the same machine without any modules commented > except mod_ssl -- > CPU: 0.8% user, 0.0% nice, 0.8% system, 0.4% interrupt, 98.1% idle > Mem: 27M Active, 134M Inact, 64M Wired, 13M Cache, 34M Buf, 3584K Free > Swap: 512M Total, 60K Used, 512M Free > > I just ran 'top' after starting httpd to get these figures, maybe I > should have done something different? > 'bout the only thing that makes sense to me is I have more Free Memory > when commenting all those modules. > What is the list's opinion on this? > You should probably use pmap for a more accurate comparison. you may also want to set CFLAGS= -Os for size considerations(CPUTYPE as well), and remove unnecessary modules from kernel if you haven't done so already. -- Adam Vandemore Systems Administrator IMED Mobility (605) 498-1610
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