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Perfomance with Virtual Hosting

Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 2:15 pm
by dimxasnewfrozen
I just configured apache (modifying the httpd.conf file) to run multiple hosts using Virtual Hosting.

I've done some simple test with low network traffic. I'm wondering if one domain has a high amount of traffic, does it effect the performance of another domain/host?

Is it worth setting up multiple physical servers for better performance or is there little to no difference with virtual hosting?

Re: Perfomance with Virtual Hosting

Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 2:23 pm
by Eran
The virtual hosts apache runs is not what is called a virtual private server (VPS). Those are ran on separate virtual machines (still using the same physical machine though). If you run several domains on the same virtual/physical machine, they will of course be affected by each others traffic.

Re: Perfomance with Virtual Hosting

Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 4:13 pm
by Christopher
The first question is always: Do you have an actual performance problem? There are way to test the web server, using programs like ab or siege, to see the kind of performance you can expect.