[consulting] managing many sites

[James Walker]

On 12/13/05 10:31 AM, Khalid B wrote:
>> But, the question that came up was related to memory usage -- If you
>> have ten sites running off one codebase, does that use less memory than
>> ten individual installs? Assuming, of course, that usage on the sites
>> was the same?
> 
> Should not affect memory at all. Memory is used when a script is run, not
> when it is on the disk. Doesn't matter.

The one affect on RAM usage that comes into play with multi-site is if 
you get into using PHP opcode cachers... as they will see a multi-site 
install as all the same files, hence they stay cached. Whereas separate 
installs look like distinct scripts, hence they fight for cache usage.

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