Hi,

I was thinking about installing Zend Optimiser but then after looking around found out about APC.

I hear that APC is better - is that true? I have also looked around for some installation help and cannot find anything - can someone point me in the direction of a good step by step guide?

By the way the servers running Redhat 7.1 and CPanel.

Thanks.

Originally posted by SuperDon
Hi,

I was thinking about installing Zend Optimiser but then after looking around found out about APC.

I hear that APC is better - is that true? I have also looked around for some installation help and cannot find anything - can someone point me in the direction of a good step by step guide?


You cannot really say that one is better than the other - it's comparing apples and oranges.

The Zend Optimizer is a product that will optimize your code before running it (simplifying, or whatever).

The APC is (as the name says) a product that will cache your code in RAM.

I highly recommend using the APC program as it _really_ gives performance a boost!

i'm using APC Cache 1.1.0pl1 on my server mainly for my vBulletin forum :)

check my first attempts with 1.08/9 which weren't as good as the latest version here http://vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14184

I've tried the trial Zend cache and that's awesome but expensive :(

also check out php accelerator http://www.phpaccelerator.co.uk/performance.php
http://www.phpaccelerator.co.uk/

Hmmmm.....

I have no particular reason for installing other than to generally increase performance for my clients.

Which do you think will give the best "general" improvement?

Originally posted by SuperDon
Hmmmm.....

I have no particular reason for installing other than to generally increase performance for my clients.

Which do you think will give the best "general" improvement?

APC

Thanks. After reading some of the install problems with APC I decided to go with Zend Optimiser.

I signed up and went to download but I am unsure which package to download. I am running PHP 4.0.6, i am given these two options...

Linux libc5 (for PHP 4.0.5/4.0.6)

Linux glibc2.1 (for PHP 4.0.5/4.0.6)

Which one is it?

Originally posted by SuperDon
Thanks. After reading some of the install problems with APC I decided to go with Zend Optimiser.

I signed up and went to download but I am unsure which package to download. I am running PHP 4.0.6, i am given these two options...

Linux libc5 (for PHP 4.0.5/4.0.6)

Linux glibc2.1 (for PHP 4.0.5/4.0.6)

Which one is it?

Depends on your server. Newer distributions (f.ex. Redha 7.1) uses glibc2.1.

Please note that in my experience the Zend Optimizer gives performance increases in the range of 5-10% (max). The APC program has given us performance increates in the of 500-800%.

jks, i think i know APC is better but it sounds like i may into some problems and thats what i dont need at the moment!

Is it pretty straightforward? Are there any step by step guides anywhere? I want something I can just install quickly andnot worry too much about - i am sure you know what i mean.

Originally posted by SuperDon
jks, i think i know APC is better but it sounds like i may into some problems and thats what i dont need at the moment!

Is it pretty straightforward? Are there any step by step guides anywhere? I want something I can just install quickly andnot worry too much about - i am sure you know what i mean.

If you're unsure - don't go with APC.

If you're unsure - don't go with Zend Optimizer.

It sounds like you do not really need any of those - you just find it "neat" to have it on.

If it ain't broke - don't fix it.

Like I said before...

I have no particular reason for installing other than to generally increase performance for my clients.

Is that not fair enough?