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WordPress: Zend Server CE vs. cPanel & Apache stacks
Aug 24th
I recently decided to install Zend Server CE on my machine to use as a local development environment. I chose the PHP 5.3 installation so I could update my PHP code to fit the new version. I was intrigued and excited to find that WordPress used a mere 2 MB of memory compared with 12-13 MB on my production installation.
| Zend Server CE | cPanel/Other Stacks | |
|---|---|---|
| Memory usage | 1.5-2 MB | 12-14 MB |
| OS | Windows XP Windows Server 2003 |
Linux Windows XP Windows Server 2003 |
| Installation | PHP 5.2.10/5.3 MySQL Apache 2.2.12 (Full) |
PHP 5.2.10 MySQL Apache 2.2.xx |
| WordPress Version | 2.8.4 | 2.8.4 |
| WordPress Plugins | Same | Same |
My primary testing was done on Windows Server 2003. Before installing Zend Server CE, WordPress was taking up what I would call an average amount of memory, 12 MB. After installing Zend Server CE with PHP 5.2.10, I found that peak memory usage went down to around 4 MB. After I found PHP 5.2.10 worked, I upgraded to 5.3, which resulted in yet another performance increase, bringing us to 2 MB peak memory usage.
WordPress Memory Usage on Zend Server CE
WordPress Memory Usage on cPanel/WHM
Thoughts: I can’t find anything drastically different about the two installations, but I could be missing something. If anyone can solve this mystery, please comment!
