XCache

[alecksievici]

i think it did cache the files before, but i did not check correctly.
the xcache gui was located at /var/www/ispcp/gui so it showed only the files cached in the docroot (/var/www/ispcp/gui)
as i said before, i copied the xcache gui to every client and i saw that every file was being cached.
i didn't modify a thing in the php's configuration files after i installed xcache...

as for performace i can say that there is a slight improvement but that's an opinion based on seeing how fast the pages are being loaded not by using a benchmark

i could use ab (apache benchmark) to see the difference between loading times on a php based site but i don't know if ab test those kind o things (i'm not a linux expert)

the thing is that xcache works, there's no need to modify any files at all (maybe xcache.ini to suit your needs), all you have to do after installing it is to restart apache.

it's possible i'll post a mini howto but first i want to test xcache to see if it's really worth installing/keeping it, so you have any ideas how i could test it??

LE: i just tested apache with and without xcache and i am surprised. xcache does it's job freakin' awesome!
apache benchmark command: ab -n 1000 -c 5 http://domain.tld/
with xcache: time taken for tests ~ 60 seconds | requests per second ~ 16
without xcache: time taken for tests ~ 180 seconds | requests per second ~ 6

also without xcache the server load was going through the roof