Jeroen Geilman wrote: > On 01/15/2012 08:01 PM, Helmut Schneider wrote: > > Jeroen Geilman wrote: > > > > > On 01/15/2012 07:31 PM, Helmut Schneider wrote: > > [...] > > > > So the highest value configured is 256 (setting at > > > > server.conf.local overwrite defaults at apache2.conf). But > > > > /server-status shows: > > [...] > > > > That's 1024 slots. And yes, I stopped and restarted apache and > > > > even the server itself. > > > > > > > > What's wrong here? > > > > > > > > ~$ apache2 -v > > > > Server version: Apache/2.2.14 (Ubuntu) > > > > Server built: Nov 3 2011 03:30:19 > > > > ~$ > > > Are you using worker or prefork ? What is serverlimit set to ? > > Ah, I see. It is configured to use worker. Am I correct that I need > > to adjust either ThreadsPerChild or ServerLimit (or both)?! What is > > recommended? Both are currently unset/defaults. > > What is it you want to do ? > Worker threads consume very little memory, the defaults are fine. Check apache with nagios. I have a plugin that checks available slots and when "MaxClients != open slots" Nagios thinks that everything is fine while apache does not serve new clients anymore. Of course I could also raise MaxClients to 1024 but that is much more than required (allthough the server has 2G of RAM and is a dedicated Webserver). --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx