Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-users-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 51865 invoked from network); 11 Jul 2005 08:11:06 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 11 Jul 2005 08:11:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 93582 invoked by uid 500); 11 Jul 2005 08:10:51 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-users-archive@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 93498 invoked by uid 500); 11 Jul 2005 08:10:50 -0000 Mailing-List: contact users-help@httpd.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Reply-To: users@httpd.apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list users@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 93485 invoked by uid 99); 11 Jul 2005 08:10:50 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 01:10:50 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests=RCVD_BY_IP,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: domain of krist.vanbesien@gmail.com designates 64.233.184.194 as permitted sender) Received: from [64.233.184.194] (HELO wproxy.gmail.com) (64.233.184.194) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 01:10:47 -0700 Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i27so789586wra for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 01:10:47 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=IvNwaOq64xMQv/ygt5YRYPwuh+yfA42HPH6Mvo7ajoPFBn6KNfz4VxIJXPZrE3S5s54SKG4mIn326tOrwCypqjzeVEF2IVocs+5DYnevlwIHA4n+KRXbBxZbMhF/ZGBDXoo9l7ClfQ8A3lbmFxw/KKq2sN/LhH1SoRt0/y/XIM8= Received: by 10.54.26.68 with SMTP id 68mr3790148wrz; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 01:10:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.82.3 with HTTP; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 01:10:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <6ed6382b050711011071b3f149@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 10:10:46 +0200 From: Krist van Besien Reply-To: Krist van Besien To: users@httpd.apache.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Subject: [users@httpd] Why so many apache processes? X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Hello, On aLinux system I have an Apache, with multi threaded worker, and the following in the conifg: StartServers 1 MaxClients 50 MinSpareThreads 5 MaxSpareThreads 50 ThreadsPerChild 5 MaxRequestsPerChild 100000 Just after having started though I notive quite a few processes: root 28544 1 5 10:09 ? 00:00:02 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -D SSL -D PHP4 apache 28546 28544 0 10:09 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -D SSL -D PHP4 apache 28547 28544 0 10:09 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -D SSL -D PHP4 apache 28548 28547 0 10:09 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -D SSL -D PHP4 apache 28550 28548 1 10:09 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -D SSL -D PHP4 apache 28551 28548 0 10:09 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -D SSL -D PHP4 apache 28552 28548 0 10:09 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -D SSL -D PHP4 apache 28553 28548 0 10:09 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -D SSL -D PHP4 apache 28554 28548 0 10:09 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -D SSL -D PHP4 apache 28555 28548 0 10:09 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -D SSL -D PHP4 apache 28592 28544 0 10:10 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -D SSL -D PHP4 apache 28593 28592 0 10:10 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -D SSL -D PHP4 apache 28595 28593 0 10:10 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -D SSL -D PHP4 apache 28596 28593 0 10:10 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -D SSL -D PHP4 apache 28597 28593 0 10:10 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -D SSL -D PHP4 apache 28598 28593 0 10:10 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -D SSL -D PHP4 apache 28599 28593 0 10:10 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -D SSL -D PHP4 apache 28600 28593 0 10:10 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start -D SSL -D PHP4 Why is that? I would have expected only two: The main process, and one child. The server is serving no requests, so should not be spawning additional children. Krist --=20 krist.vanbesien@gmail.com Solothurn, Switzerland --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@httpd.apache.org