Minimize startup timeout on dynamic fastcgi

Hi!

I'm experimenting with Apache2 + FastCGI + Suexec + PHP5.
After the hard struggle all works well :)
But there's one problem.
Dynamic fastcgi server is starting too slow - it takes about 4-5 seconds 
to start. Of cource, speed increase can compensate this, but speed of 
first page load is important for users. The situations is the same after 
process restart - time lag about 4-5 sec occurs.
I looked at the top and see 2 processes for one site. Unfortunately, 
these processes start and die simultaneousely :(  So they cannot solve 
lag in the middle problem.

1) How is it possible to monimize this startup lag? Or maybe launch 
fastcgi-server instances with time shift about 10-20 seconds. It will 
minimize peak load during startup, and also will save  from lag during 
restart because of the time overlapping.

2) Is it possible to use static servers? If number of hosts is big 
(about 100's) they will eat all the memory without much result, and will 
go to swap. So I think on loaded servers static will not give much 
benefit due to the memory consumption and working in vain, while nobody 
askes the site.



Thank you!
Eugene
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