[nycbug-talk] httpsd

[csnyder]

On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 14:56:31 -0500, Pete Wright <pete at finn.nomadlogic.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 12:32:08PM +0000, Jim Brown wrote:
> > * Pete Wright <pete at finn.nomadlogic.org> [2005-02-04 04:51]:
> > > seems like apache is a popular topic lately...
> > > so i've recently moved a mail server running:
> > >
> > > postfix+courier-imap+http-ssl+squirellmail+debian
> > >
> > > to 5.3-RELEASE.
> > >
> > > the migration was pretty painless and i'm trucking
> > > away and having a blast...altho one thing that has
> > > been bothering me is the performance of squirellmail
> > > I'm noticing long load times for pages that were
> > > quite quick one the debian install (for example loading
> > > my inbox is taking several seconds to load while it
> > > much quicker before the migration).  the network
> > > is the same, and reqular imap connections are as
> > > quick as can be...so i'm thinking that it might
> > > be an issue with the apache/php install.
> > >
> > > so what do the folks do here to tune php/httpsd
> > > installs.  while we discuss amoungst ourselves
> > > i'll see if i can hack up a little benchmark script.
> > >
> > > -p
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > Anytime I see long load or access times, I immediately
> > suspect some DNS problem.
> >
> 
> it's not a DNS issue, no other network issues are slow, and
> httpd runs fine...loading even heavier pages.
> 
> -p
> 
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It's a longshot but worth a try -- could this be an entropy-gathering problem? 
Is Squirrelmail or PHP looking to /dev/random for some reason?


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Chris Snyder
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