Alright, let me tell you about what I was messing with today. It’s all about these two numbers, 28 and 64. I’ve been trying to get this little home server project running smoother, you know? It felt sluggish, like wading through mud sometimes.
Trying out ’28’ first
So, I dug into the settings. Found this one parameter, let’s just call it the ‘worker’ count for now. The default was something low, like 8. I thought, okay, let’s bump this up a bit. I decided to try 28 first. Seemed like a reasonable jump.
Here’s what I did:
- I SSH’d into the box. Standard stuff.
- Located the config file. Took me a bit, always forget where I put those things.
- Opened it up with nano. Yeah, I use nano, sue me.
- Changed the value from whatever it was to 28.
- Saved the file and exited.
- Restarted the service. Crossed my fingers it wouldn’t just crash.
Then I ran my usual test script. It basically simulates a bunch of users hitting the server. Watched the logs, kept an eye on the system monitor. It was… okay? Definitely better than the default setting. Things felt a bit snappier. But, I don’t know, it wasn’t the big leap I was hoping for. Still felt like it could do more, you know? Like the machine wasn’t really breaking a sweat.
Moving up to ’64’
So, back I went. If 28 was better, maybe more is even better-er? Decided to double it, basically. Let’s try 64.
Same process, different number:
- SSH, find file, nano again.
- Changed that 28 to 64.
- Saved, exited, restarted the service. This time I was a bit more nervous. 64 felt like a lot for this little machine.
Ran the test script again. Whoa. Okay, now we’re talking. The response times were way down. Everything felt instant. I checked the system monitor again. CPU usage was higher, definitely working harder now, but not maxed out. Memory usage was fine too. It actually handled it pretty well.
So, what’s the takeaway?
Well, for my specific setup, 64 workers just works way better than 28. It wasn’t immediately obvious, I had to actually try it. Spent a good hour or two just doing this back-and-forth testing. It’s funny how sometimes you just gotta poke things and see what happens. Reminds me of tuning old radios, twisting knobs just right to get the clear signal. You don’t always know why it works best, just that it does. Anyway, sticking with 64 for now. Seems like the sweet spot for my little box.
