What you suggest to make Apache faster ??

Hello,

I have OpenVZ VPS with CentOS and DirectAdmin and i host few websites on it, i want to reduce cpu load that apache consume, what would you suggest me to do ??

thanks

 

Hello
You didn't specify your server specs, also you didn't tell us what kind of site you are hosting. If they can support caching then you can install some sort of caching on your server in order to decrease the cpu load. First of all someone should take a look on your server to see how is performing right now .

If you have root access can you give us some output from this command ?
free -m
w ( here I only want to see the load average output )

 

consider installing a script called apache booster, it will surely enhance the server performance

 

Or get rid of Apache and install Nginx Or provide us with more information about your environment .
In other cases - read tutorials for more information

 

Optimize apache by adding some below entries in httpd.conf file :
Timeout 90
KeepAlive On
MaxKeepAliveRequests 200
KeepAliveTimeout 5
StartServers 8
MinSpareServers 5
MaxSpareServers 20
ServerLimit 1200
MaxClients 1200

Save and exit and restart apache service

 

Switch on kvm vs server from openvz with the same specs and you will be fine