[Info-vax] Apache + mod_php performance

[Simon Clubley]

On 2024-10-02, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> On 10/2/2024 2:15 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> 
>> Are you closing down the current instance of the client and then
>> starting up a new instance of the client ?
>> 
>> or
>> 
>> Are you keeping the existing process running and creating a new
>> instance from it ?
>
> Existing process.
>
>> In either case, are you _cleanly_ and _fully_ closing the existing
>> connection _before_ you exit or create a new connection in the existing
>> process ?
>
> No.
>
> Because browser instances do not do that. Browsers keeps
> connections open for a long time. I believe 300 seconds is common.
>

In that case, in order to accurately duplicate this behaviour, you need a
VMS webserver capable of holding open 300 (or whatever the number of test
clients is you are using) connections at the same time.

This is a normal capabilty for a modern Linux Apache server BTW.

Simon.

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