[peruser] Apache 2.2.2 RPMS & status report

[Janno Sannik]

For one's who did get wrong impression: This report applies to all 
apache versions: 2.0.54, 2.0.55 and 2.2.2

Janno Sannik wrote:
> I put up Apache 2.2.2 (S)RPMS if anyone is interested.
> http://peruser.xservu.com/repo/
> Seem to work quite stable. They'r based on FC5 RPMS and peruser patch 
> has been modified to go /w new 1.2.x Apache Portable Runtime (APR). 
> Also Apr packages are included in the same folder. Binary packages 
> have been built on centos 4.3.
>
>
> Heres my report of how's it have worked out for me:
> * mod_fastcgi DOES NOT seem to work with peruser.
>     - server seem to crash quite fast and some php processes seem to 
> hang somewhere in between.
>     - many segmentation fauls occur
>    -  server stops responding if heavier load applied.
> * mod_fcgid /w rommer patches seem to work fairly well, but i wouldn't 
> call it satisfactory
>       - doing graceful restart seem to produce many segmentation faults
>       - my current php5 server (/w mod_php & mod_fcgid) gives 30-50 
> segfaults a day (~200 000 reqs/day), but only 10% of traffic is 
> produced by fcgi domains. Segaults come with: [info] (107)Transport 
> endpoint is not connected: apr_socket_addr_get(APR_REMOTE)
>       - segfaults CANNOT be reporduced using apache bencmark. Hit 4 
> 000 000 requests using concurrency 1, 20, 300 and server dropped only 
> very few requests and also did NOT produce any segmentation faults 
> whatsoever.
>
> * my current php4 server (/w mod_php) gives 3-5 segmentation faults a 
> WEEK (~45 000 reqs/day)
>       - GRACEFUL works better, but still gives some segfaults if 
> enough virtual hosts configured.
>
> * things I could not pin to any above categories:
>      - after using graceful on server, more and more child seem to 
> segment. fault until server stops responding.
>            If I do GRACEFUL at least twice a day it could end up with 
> 1500 segfaults a /day and if unlucky enough server stops responding.
>       Things seem be worse then mod_fcgi is being used on server, but 
> is not a proven fact.
>
> Hope it could be useful to someone
>
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