Не DDoS, а баг в OPcache: воркеры PHP-FPM по 600 МБ на сервере с 5 500 сайтами WordPress
Клиент написал: сайты лежат, похоже на DDoS. На сервере около 5 500 сайтов WordPress, nginx, PHP-FPM 8.4, MariaDB, 125 ГБ памяти, Debian 13. Я нашёл…
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