> To verify this, I patched suexec to exit immediatly at start. > When I then load a PHP-script with the patched suexec, the delay is > still there, and after that I receive the 500-Server error. > Furthermore, when I call php5-cgi from the command-line, there is > absolutely no delay. >
the delay only occurs the _very first_ time you run php - in which the program will be loaded into ram from the harddisc. so if you bootup your PC and run PHP from the command line you will see the delay the first time, but not for consecutive runs... when you run PHP from commandline after apache already has started PHP once, you are already running from a warm disc cache... let me speculate some more: the fact that you see this behavior when you restart apache may indicate that your servers are under very light load, since otherwise PHP would have been restarted a couple of times during the lifetime of the apache parent and thus would have started from warm disc caches. this may not be true for some workloads where the disc cache is evicted very rapidly (low memory). basically, the reason for the delay is your harddisc, not apache or mod_fcgid or php... this is still all speculation, but if some of what i said is right, you might be able to reduce the latency by priming your cache. try calling php from the commandline right before you reload apache... hth Thilo ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Mod-fcgid-users mailing list Mod-fcgid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mod-fcgid-users
