nginx high i/o

[Stefanita Rares Dumitrescu]

         fastcgi_buffers 64 64k;
         fastcgi_buffer_size 64k;


i made the following mods in the fastcgi section, and waiting for 
results. from what i understand:

         fastcgi_buffers 64 64k;

the first 64 is the number of buffers and the second is the buffer size, 
so on a server that takes around 500 hits per second should i increase 
it, or the value should be just fine ?



Maxim Dounin wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 02:19:16PM +0100, Stefanita Rares Dumitrescu wrote:
> 
>>         fastcgi_max_temp_file_size 0;
>> This directive turns off fastcgi buffering according to the source code.
>>
>> i did this, and the buffer errors are gone. however, the pages load
>> very very slow. take about 5-10 seconds to load the page.
> 
> As I already said, switching off disk buffering has it's cost.  
> Without buffering backend processes will be busy for much longer 
> time.  There is no surprise that the same number of backend 
> processes is no longer enough.
> 
> Maxim Dounin
>