ServerBooster for XF -> php-fpm -> static

[Masetrix]

For WindowsServer:

Server-side Optimization with Nginx and pm-static — SitePoint

Tonino Jankov shows how to optimize on-the-fly thumbnail generation, reducing request time from 28 to 0.7 seconds with Nginx and pm-static.

www.sitepoint.com

Linux:

An Introduction to PHP-FPM Tuning

PHP-FPM (or Fast Process Manager) offers several advantages over mod_php, with two of the most notable being that it is more flexible to configure and currently the preferred mode of running PHP by many in the community. However, if you're using your package manager's default configuration...

tideways.com

 

[rdn]

I've tried this approach last year and...

After using Static for almost a month I decided to switch back to dynamic as it uses a lot of CPU.
Static: usually 30-50% of the total CPU
Dynamic: only 10-15% CPU usage and 5-7% lower Memory usage

With almost the same site speed.

 

[Masetrix]

That "Static" needs more memory than "Dynamic" is completely normal. For that I like to use the otherwise free 15GB Ram,
But if your load only goes up at "static", your settings are wrong or you have little use in Apache.
With heavy use, the Apache also delivers all pages faster, because "Dynamic" is far behind and the load higher than with "static".

ForumUsers:

All: 11.528 (Members: 258, Visitors: 11.270)

Mem[|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||  22.0G/31.4G]   Tasks: 2130, 272 thr, 198 kthr; 2 running  Load average: 0.29 0.29 0.71

 

[Masetrix]

Here you get also great info about PHP-fpm and Server/CPU performance settings.

PHP Performance: Additional CPU cores vs Faster CPU cores

PHP/PHP-FPM uses CPU cores. PHP does not support multithreading, each request is served by one PHP process, tied to one CPU core. This means that

haydenjames.io

also here...

PHP-FPM: Process Management

Learn how to manage how PHP-FPM creates and uses PHP processes to get the most out of your server.

serversforhackers.com

Hth

 

[rdn]

Trying this approach again with PHP 7.4 and max children 3 x CPU core as I have ample of RAM.