[Info-vax] Apache + mod_php performance

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 10/2/2024 1:52 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2024-10-02, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> On 10/2/2024 11:07 AM, Dan Cross wrote:
>>> In article <vdjmq4$37f8q$3 at dont-email.me>,
>>> Arne Vajhøj  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>>> On 10/2/2024 10:47 AM, Dan Cross wrote:
>>>>> [snip]
>>>>> You do not seem to understand how this is qualitatively
>>>>> different from your test program not sending `Connection: close`
>>>>> with its single request per connection, and then blocking until
>>>>> the server times it out.
>>>>
>>>> It is qualitative different from what you are imaging.
>>>>
>>>> The client does not block until the server times out.
>>>
>>> So what, exactly, does it do?
>>
>> It moves on to next request.
> 
> Does it reuse an existing connection for the next request (which is
> what you have told the server you are going to do due to your keep-alive
> settings) or does it always create a brand-new connection for the next
> request ?

New connection.

It is simulating multiple browser instances.

Browser #1 open connection to request the page - keep
the connection alive, because it may want to use it later.

Browser #2 open connection to request the page - keep
the connection alive, because it may want to use it later.

etc.

Arne