[wp-hackers] Expected WPMU Performance

[Shayne Sweeney]

Robin,

Litespeed is actually what Wordpress.com uses. According to their
benchmarks, Litespeed's, Litespeed is faster. My tests have also shown
numbers accurate to theirs. I've also tried Lighttpd in the past, both
Litespeed and Lighttpd are showing numbers much faster than Apache.

I am using a PHP caching as well, in fact, APC (Alternative PHP Cache). In
the past I have used eAccelerator too. Both provide op-code caching and APC
also has key based caching, similar to that of memcache.

I'm currently writing a caching plugin that acts similar to WP-Cache but is
computable with WPMU.

Still looking for some solution.

On 10/2/06, Robin Adrianse <shorty114 at shorty114.net> wrote:
>
> You mean httpd.conf?
>
> I don't know much about "litespeed" but I would recommend lighttpd. Also
> look into caching that is part of PHP, not necessarily WordPress. I can't
> remember the name of it right now.
>
> On 10/1/06, Computer Guru <computerguru at neosmart.net> wrote:
> >
> > Stupid question, but you *are* using local caching techniques?
> > I don't know if litespeed has url-rewriting, but consider using .httpd
> > instead of .htaccess, that should help some
> > What platform are you running this on?
> >
> > Computer Guru
> > Founder,
> > NeoSmart Technologies
> > http://neosmart.net/blog/
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com [mailto:wp-hackers-
> > > bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Shayne Sweeney
> > > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 6:00 AM
> > > To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> > > Subject: [wp-hackers] Expected WPMU Performance
> > >
> > > Hackers,
> > >
> > > I am hoping to seek advice from a WPMU expert.
> > >
> > > I have recently setup and configured a WPMU installation with ~20
> blogs
> > > and over ~40,000 articles. A single blog's article count ranges from
> > > only 72 to over 15,000. I hope this is sufficient enough information
> as
> > > to the content loaded into the system.
> > >
> > > I am using a dedicated database server located on the server's LAN.
> > >
> > > Hardware/Software Specs:
> > > - Web Server
> > > * P4 3.0GHz HT
> > > * 2GB RAM
> > > * 160GB IDE 7200RPM
> > > * Litespeed Webserver (Std.)
> > > - Database Server
> > > * Dual 3.0Ghz Xeon
> > > * 2GB RAM
> > > * 160GB IDE 7200RPM
> > >
> > > Here's the situation ...
> > >
> > > With all the blogs configured (themes, plugins, etc..) I was only able
> > > to squeeze max., 8 requests/sec.
> > >
> > > Instead of going through all the plugins and theme customizations that
> > > are bundled into this WPMU system I decided to run a second benchmark,
> > > using no plugins and the default Kubrick WP theme.
> > >
> > > Even then my benchmark maxes out at 33 requests/sec.
> > >
> > > I am using the app 'http_load' to benchmark the system using the
> > > following
> > > command:
> > > $ http_load -parallel 5 -seconds 10 bench_urls
> > >
> > > The 'bench_urls' file contains random locations to blog indexes,
> > > categories, dates, articles, etc...
> > >
> > > Given the information provided, where did I go wrong? I have to be
> > > missing something big, as these numbers just don't make sense.
> > >
> > > I am praying for a WPMU optimization solution.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Shayne
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