Prefork is pretty much Apache-speak for "please munch all my memory and then lock up if more than a handful of people turn up at once".
Nginx or Lighttpd + PHP-FPM behave almost as badly if you choose dynamic mode and don't pick the right values.
Prefork is pretty much Apache-speak for "please munch all my memory and then lock up if more than a handful of people turn up at once".
Nginx or Lighttpd + PHP-FPM behave almost as badly if you choose dynamic mode and don't pick the right values.