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From: "Richard F. Rebel" <rrebel@whenu.com>
To: richard.correia@ugamsolutions.com
Cc: users@httpd.apache.org, 'Robert Andersson' <robert@profundis.nu>
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Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 14:46:54 -0500
Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Increasing MaxClients -- httpd.conf

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Hi,

If you are not expecting multiple requests over the same socket, you can
disable KeepAlives with:

KeepAlive Off

If you wish to continue supporting KeepAlive, then you can lower the
KeepAliveTimeout with:

KeepAliveTimeout 5

You should include the version of apache and the OS when making requests
to the list.  Apache 2.x supports a threaded MPM called 'worker' that
works well for high volumes of simul connections.

FYI if you are using Apache 1.x there is a compile time option limiting
the max number for MaxClients.  I think it's set to 256 or 500 or
something small, so if you have the memory, increase this setting and
recompile (it's in httpd.h).  There is documentation on the apache site
for this.  Don't forget to increase your available file descriptors as
well.

Best,

Richard F. Rebel

On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 14:41, Richard Correia wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I am getting huge number of hits on my server, so I have increased the
> MaxClients to 256. Now it seems like all my 256 clients are being used
> and many requests are waiting in pool. Or at this point my apache is
> denying further connections ?
>=20
> How can I compile my apache to raise MaxClients limits ? My all
> processes are in K mode [Keep-Alive ]. If I reduce the Keepalive time,
> will that help me ?=20
>=20
> Because all this hits are coming to a single url, which just send a
> cookie. Not much data. And I don't see multiple requests happening on
> single socket.
>=20
> Please let me know what I can do to overcome this.=20
>=20
> Thanks
> Richard
>=20
> Here is what my /server-status shows.
>=20
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------
> Server Version: Apache/1.3.23 (Unix) mod_jk/1.1.0 PHP/4.1.1
> Server Built: Jul 4 2003 00:48:13
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --------
>=20
> Current Time: Thursday, 04-Dec-2003 12:25:59 PST
> Restart Time: Wednesday, 03-Dec-2003 13:10:34 PST
>=20
> Parent Server Generation: 4=20
> Server uptime: 23 hours 15 minutes 25 seconds
>=20
> Total accesses: 2196008 - Total Traffic: 406.0 MB    // So many hits in
> 24 hours
>=20
> CPU Usage: u685.73 s636.61 cu529.11 cs34.61 - 2.25% CPU load
>=20
> 26.2 requests/sec - 5085 B/second - 193 B/request
> 256 requests currently being processed, 0 idle servers=20
>=20
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> KKKKKKKKKRKKKKKKKKKKRKKKRKKKKKKKKKWKKKRRWKKKKKKKKKRKKKKKKKKKKKRK
> KKKRKKKKKKKKKKKKKWRRKKKRKKKKKKRKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
> KKKKKKKKKKRKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKRWKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
>=20
>=20
>=20
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Richard F. Rebel
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