{"id":685,"date":"2016-10-09T19:07:33","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T16:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.virtono.com\/?p=685"},"modified":"2023-06-21T10:25:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T07:25:56","slug":"10-apache-performance-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virtono.com\/community\/knowledgebase\/10-apache-performance-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Apache Performance Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

To get an in-depth knowledge on Apache Web Server, please visit, this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But if you are looking for fast efficient ways to increase your Apache Server’s performance, just follow the steps below, they are fast, small and they work like a charm.<\/p>\n

1. Put the cache on a separate disk<\/strong>
\nMove your cache to a separate physical disk for the fastest access without slowing down other processes.<\/p>\n

2.Disable .htaccess<\/strong>
\nI.e. AllowOverride None. This will keep Apache from checking for an .htaccess file upon each request.<\/p>\n

3.Increase Write Buffer Size<\/strong>
\nIncrease your write buffer size for TCP\/IP buffers. On Linux systems increase \/proc\/sys\/net\/core\/wmem_max and \/proc\/sys\/net\/core\/wmem_default. If your pages fit within this buffer, Apache will complete a process in just one call to the TCP\/IP buffer.<\/p>\n

4. Don\u2018t use threaded mpm with mod_php<\/strong>
\nLook at using mod_itk, mod_php tends to segfault with threaded mpm.<\/p>\n

5. Log to a different disk than the disk serving pages<\/strong>
\nPut your logs on physically different disks than the files you are serving.<\/p>\n

6. Setup appropriate Expires, Etag, and Chache-Control headers<\/strong>
\nIn order to utilize your cache you have to specify when a file expires, otherwise your client will not experience the caching benefits.<\/p>\n

7. Remove unused modules<\/strong>
\nSave memory by not loading modules that aren\u2019t needed, including (but not limited to)\u2026
\n\u2026 mod_php,
\n\u2026 mod_ruby,
\n\u2026 mod_perl<\/p>\n

8. Setup appropriate Expires, Etag, and Chache-Control headers<\/strong>
\nIn order to utilize your cache you have to specify when a file expires, otherwise your client will not experience the caching benefits.<\/p>\n

9. Turn off HostnameLookups<\/strong>
\nStop doing effortful DNS lookups. You will rarely ever need them and when you do, you can always look them up when really needed.<\/p>\n

10.Do not set KeepAliveTimeout too high<\/strong>
\nIf you have more requests than Apache children, settings which are set too high could exhaust your pool of available clients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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