Changed system parameters
Remember I had problems with MariaDB and PHP? I knew there were some changes to be done to the system, and where, but to what values? I asked Mark Berryman (who ported PHP and MariaDB to VMS – so he has some experience in the matter) and he came up with another set of values – in the PQL (Process Quota Limits) area; he has the same type of system as I do (DS10, 2 Gb memory) so I changed my system accordingly: some limits doubled, others tripled in value – which makes sense since the original values come from a 256Gb system….
parameter old new
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PQL_DFILLM 128 200
PQL_DWSDEFAULT 2352 6531
PQL_MWSDEFAULT 2352 6531
PQL_DWSQUOTA 4704 13062
PQL_MWSQUOTA 4704 13062
PQL_DWSEXTENT 262144 1280000
PQL_MWSEXTENT 262144 1280000
Since WSDDAULT parameters are not dynamic, I had to reboot.
The result is eminent: the blog runs way faster and smoother; but time will tell whether this is right or needs even more adjustments.
I aloo noted an error in calling MySQL shutwond and startup procedures, and corrected them
Next is a WordPress update 🙂
(Done. Now on 4.7.4)
Next to do is trying PHP 5.4 again, to see whether that stays alive.