speed up EA by up to 20x

qwerty

• December 23, 2014 02:13

Came accross this recently couldn't help but share it here /http://blog.unixy.net/2013/04/speed-up-cpanel-whm-easyapache-rebuilds-on-multi-core-or-multi-thread-server/ I changed the "j2" to j18 as I have dual 8-core cpu's and my EA rebuild went from 25-30 minutes to approx 2-3 minutes. The only thing I did different to the above is the step where he recompiles apache/php - I just did the normal /scripts/easyapache Anyhoo ... IMO this should be an option in EA or WHM somewhere, to specify how many threads we want to use. Most servers nowadays are multi-cpu or at the very least multi-core. My load didn't go above 1.0 during the EA with 18 threads running (on dual 8 core servers) so it's not like this hammers the server in any way, it just allows it to use the available resources ie. cores/threads. Seems like a complete waste to do 1 thing at a time if we have 16 cores sitting mostly idle.

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  cPanelMichael

  • December 23, 2014 13:44

  Hello :) I recommend submitting this as a feature request via: Submit A Feature Request Thank you.

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  JacobPerkins

  • December 23, 2014 14:51

  Hi, While in theory this is a good idea, most EasyApache runs aren't done on idle servers. Adjusting the number of cores that make uses could cause a server to crash if it's already overloaded. This is a good tweak however for those wanting to use multiple cores during original installation.

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  qwerty

  • December 23, 2014 23:09

  I ran it with 18 threads on a busy server and loads never went above 1. This is probably because most of the compilation tasks are very trivial and easy for modern cpus to process in no time.

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