Am 07.03.2013 22:49, schrieb Michael Mol: > On 03/07/2013 04:44 PM, Grant wrote: >>>> Thanks Michael, I think I will set up nginx to serve my images. That >>>> should take a big load off apache. Is nginx still beneficial when >>>> using the Worker MPM? >>> >>> It...depends? >>> >>> nginx in reverse caching proxy mode will simply serve up objects before >>> the httpd it's protecting has to deal with them. Whether the type of an >>> MPM makes a significant difference on nginx's value depends more on what >>> kind of work you are (or aren't) asking Apache to do. I really couldn't >>> answer that for you without knowing the details behind what you're >>> running on top of Apache. >> >> OK, I think either nginx or Worker would help prevent MaxClients from >> being reached and using both of them would help even further. > > If you're using mod_php, you cannot use MPM Worker. Just sayin. It's so > unsupported, they block each other in Portage. >
But you can use worker in conjunction with php via fastcgi or php-fpm. In the best event, that should slightly decrease apaches overall memory footprint.
