Re: [mapserver-users] FastCGI, MapServer and Apache on Linux

2010-09-01 Thread Jeff McKenna
On 10-09-01 5:14 PM, Jan Hartmann wrote: Any comments on comparing mod_fastcgi and mod_fcgid? Speed, thread-safety? I can comment that the since mod_fcgid has been included in the Apache http server project (it used to be a separate project) the stability of it has increased (updates, docu

Re: [mapserver-users] FastCGI, MapServer and Apache on Linux

2010-09-01 Thread Jan Hartmann
On 09/01/10 16:46, Smith, Michael ERDC-CRREL-NH wrote: Nic, In the 2010 benchmarking effort, we are using mod_fcgid with the latest Apache. Here are the fcgi parameters we have in our conf file FcgidInitialEnv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/lib64:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib:/opt/mapserverfull/lib:/or

Re: [mapserver-users] FastCGI, MapServer and Apache on Linux

2010-09-01 Thread Smith, Michael ERDC-CRREL-NH
Nic, In the 2010 benchmarking effort, we are using mod_fcgid with the latest Apache. Here are the fcgi parameters we have in our conf file FcgidInitialEnv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/lib64:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib:/opt/mapserverfull/lib:/oracle/instantcli ent_11_2:/opt/mapserver/lib FcgidMinProcesse

Re: [mapserver-users] FastCGI, MapServer and Apache on Linux

2010-09-01 Thread Nicolas Chenier
Thank you Jeff! So you mean to tell me that this old tutorial is still the baseline for FastCGI w/ Mapserver and Apache? This was written a while back, and seems to be specific to Apache 1.3... Does anyone know of any modifications that need to be done for Apache httpd 2.2? Any other/new optimizat

Re: [mapserver-users] FastCGI, MapServer and Apache on Linux

2010-09-01 Thread Jan Hartmann
Yes, the differences are significant: FastCGI seems to give speed improvements from 20 to 100 %. I never guessed it would be that much: I thought the Operating System itself cached the MapServer CGI program between calls as part of its swapping policy, but FastCGI does this way better. Jan

Re: [mapserver-users] FastCGI, MapServer and Apache on Linux

2010-09-01 Thread Jeff McKenna
On 10-09-01 12:23 PM, Jan Hartmann wrote: Are there any benchmarks for a comparison between MapServer CGI and MapServer FastCGI? Yes, see the graphs included in last year's FOSS4G WMS benchmarking exercise: http://www.slideshare.net/gatewaygeomatics.com/wms-performance-shootout -jeff --

Re: [mapserver-users] FastCGI, MapServer and Apache on Linux

2010-09-01 Thread Jan Hartmann
Are there any benchmarks for a comparison between MapServer CGI and MapServer FastCGI? Jan On 09/01/10 07:48, Jeff McKenna wrote: On 10-08-31 9:44 PM, Nicolas Chenier wrote: Good day all, I am fairly new at this, and I am seeking help. We are currently using a MapServer setup with Apache o

Re: [mapserver-users] FastCGI, MapServer and Apache on Linux

2010-08-31 Thread Jeff McKenna
On 10-08-31 9:44 PM, Nicolas Chenier wrote: Good day all, I am fairly new at this, and I am seeking help. We are currently using a MapServer setup with Apache on Linux, supported by Tilecache. Due to the growing number of maps and tiles, we need to cut back on caching as we are running out of

[mapserver-users] FastCGI, MapServer and Apache on Linux

2010-08-31 Thread Nicolas Chenier
Good day all, I am fairly new at this, and I am seeking help. We are currently using a MapServer setup with Apache on Linux, supported by Tilecache. Due to the growing number of maps and tiles, we need to cut back on caching as we are running out of disk space to store the tilecache. We would l