[phpa] Re: what is acceleration good for?

  • From: "Nick Lindridge" <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: phpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 17:26:57 -0000 (GMT)

> 
> On this subject I was wondering if it would be possible to actually
> enable the phpaccelerator to cache output as an alternative (in
> memory). For example, a very busy front page of a website could be
> cached in memory for 10 minutes and then rerun. When you set up the
> phpaccelerator you specified which files you wanted to cache, and which
> files you wanted to cache the output from giving a time limit on when
> you wanted the file refreshed.

This is not what phpa is about. There are systems that can do this.

> Would a file stored in memory have much advantage than loading a static
> file (ie a generate html file from a php page for example)? if so then
> this dual system could be very useful.

Maybe not much. In any case, the file may be cached in kernel buffers, and 
so effectively in memory already.

nick


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