On 04Dec2008 18:22, Alan Evans <ame.fedora@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Seann Clark wrote: | > If it is | > multithreaded, like say Apache, then, under load you will see it peg all | > your CPU's/Cores instead of just one. I see this type of behavior on my home | > server, which has quad core dual Xeon's, and when I stress test HTTP all | > eight cores start to peak as the load gets higher. | | I don't think apache is multi-threaded. The reason you see all cores | peak under heavy httpd load is that there are multiple apache | processes launched to handle the multiple connections. In fact, even | when not loaded, you will normally see many apache processes waiting | in a pool for incoming connections. Apache can be built in "worker" form (threaded) instead of prefork (lots of processes sharing the listen socket). Dunno how it ships on Fedora. -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
