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I am implementing the apc on a shared server that currently has 1000 sites (using wordpress, moodle, etc.). I'm Looking for the admin page, and I see "Cache full count" is growing rapidly. I've tried increasing the value of "apc.shm_size" reduce value "apc.ttl" increase the value "apc.shm_segments" but I can not resolve this issue. What am I doing wrong? I'm putting down some information:

apc.ini:

extension=apc.so

apc.shm_size = 256

apc.enabled = 1

apc.ttl = 300

apc.user_ttl = 300

Ubuntu: 12.04

PHP: 5.3.10

APC: 3.1.7

Server has 16GB memory

Limit share memory: 256MB

Is there any possibility of not clearing the cache when it reaches 100%?

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    You aren't giving APC enough cache, obviously. 256MB sounds quite small for your setup. Commented Oct 25, 2012 at 17:00
  • Michael, thanks for the reply. Correct me if I'm wrong. This "apc.shm_size" should not be set according to the result of "cat /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax"? Commented Oct 25, 2012 at 17:05

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Try setting your apc.gc_ttl to something low, like 600, and your apc.max_file_size, which is the largest size APC will cache, to something like 2M.

apc.gc_ttl = 600 apc.max_file_size = 2M

Also, as Michael pointed out, 256M for 1000 sites is really quite low.

First, try increasing the apc.shm_size limit.

apc.shm_size = 2048M

If you're hitting the kernel shared memory limit, which can be related, but isn't always, try increasing the apc.shm_segments.

apc.shm_segments = 10 apc.shm_size = 256M apc.max_file_size = 2
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  • I did as suggested and kept the same. With 2 minutes on: "Cache full count 67.730" Commented Oct 25, 2012 at 17:55
  • This "apc.shm_size" should not be set according to the result of "cat /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax"? Commented Oct 25, 2012 at 17:58
  • I increased apc.shm_size to 1024M. It's been 5 minutes and only 1 "cache full count." Hits 225505 / Misses 19845 Commented Oct 25, 2012 at 18:06
  • Try increasing your apc.ttl, so that it's not trying to rebuild the cache all the time. That consumes a lot of resources. You could also try increasing the apc.shm_segments slightly, to see if that helps. Commented Oct 25, 2012 at 19:19
  • I tested as suggested. The point is that it fills the entire cache in less than 5 minutes. Increased the "apc.shm_size" to 512M which improved slightly but still exceeds the "Cache full count". extension=apc.so apc.shm_size = 512M apc.enabled = 1 apc.ttl = 600 apc.user_ttl = 600 apc.gc_ttl = 600 apc.max_file_size = 2M apc.shm_segments = 20 Commented Oct 26, 2012 at 14:30

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