So I did the change, restarted apache and... Fixed! So changing to shm did fixed the issue with APC for PHP.
Greetings > Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 16:26:42 +0100 > From: tevans...@googlemail.com > To: users@httpd.apache.org > Subject: Re: [users@httpd] IO load due to apache? Normal httpd behavior or > script related? > > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 2:57 PM, G VM <drums_...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Likely a script problem, httpd wont cause harm > > Did some further investigation and it seems APC (php opcode cache) generates > > this IO(or so it seems). > > http://serverfault.com/questions/361032/high-disk-i-o-when-cache-is-used > > > >> that is pretty ancient > > RHEL. Not that ancient. > > > > > >> ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so this is a VM > > Yes :p any further point on this? > > > > > >> If you are not sure what APC is then you cant need it and should disable > >> it > > Although I might not have a full understanding of what it does the customer > > is using it (passively). So disabling is not an option. > > Sometimes disabling stuff from which you don't know what it does backfires > > ;) > > > > One of these days I will be able to change the setting and verify that this > > fixed my problem. > > > > Thanks for your response anyway:) > > > > Grtz > > > > APC stand for Alternative PHP Cache. It aims to speed up your Apache > webserver by caching the parsed PHP object code, in a manner I don't > understand because I use neither PHP nor APC. > > However, there are two takeaways from those two sentences. The first > is that it is a cache, the site should function without it. The second > is that it is meant to speed up your webserver. If it is not doing so, > and is instead causing load issues, it seems counter productive to use > it. > > Cheers > > Tom > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org >
