[thelist] Apache burns memory up !

[Eric Cestari]

Thanks !
You've given me meat to play all night long with our server :)
Cheers,
    Eric
PS : I *will* come up with a tip but I just can't find one right now ...
damn !
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel J. Cody" <djc at starkmedia.com>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: [thelist] Apache burns memory up !


>
>
> Eric Cestari wrote:
>
> > but usually we get 200 visits a day.
> > The install is the standard 1.3.9  RH rpm for Apache, I think it's DSO
all
>
> ok.. If you have the means, I'd *totally* recommend compiling apache on
> your own.. this way you'll be able to compile the modules into apache.
> it will result in a slightly 'fatter' httpd binary, but you'll see
> improved performance. mod_perl for example is known to have memory leak
> issues when its used as a DSO.
>
> also, are you using all the mod's you have compiled into PHP? If not,
> dump some of them and recompile.. if you have questions about
> recompiling apache or PHP, just shout :)
>
> > excerpt from httpd.conf :
> > MinSpareServers 20
>
> drop this to 10
>
> > MaxSpareServers 30
>
> drop this to 20
>
> > StartServers 25
>
> drop this to 10
>
> > MaxClients 60
>
> you sure about that line? This means only 60 clients at once will every
> be able to access your machine.. Thats a lot, but if your server ever
> gets bitchslapped traffic-wise, its going to lock 61 and up out..
> Setting this to 125 is usually a safe bet.
>
> > Those figures are  not adequate for 20Mb processes on a 256 Mb RAM
server, I
> > guess :)
>
> *way* more than adequate :)
>
> .djc.
>
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