So is it working as expected now? On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Luc Andre <landre3567@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My mistake, apache2.conf is overridden by /mods-enabled/mpm_prefork.conf > > sorry about that... > > > > > On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Luc Andre <landre3567@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> php_sapi_name: apache2handler >> >> >> Server MPM: prefork >> >> I tried >> >> StartServers 20 >> MinSpareServers 20 >> MaxSpareServers 20 >> >> And after restarting apache still have the issue but only after waiting >> about a minute between 2 tries. >> >> Then I did a "ps -ef | grep apache" and I discovered that I have only 11 >> apache processes running ! >> >> So it seems that MinSpareServers and StartServers are ignored and the >> problem is really a child spin up issue. >> >> Regards, >> >> Luc >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Rainer Canavan >> <rainer.canavan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> 2015-05-12 10:03 GMT+02:00 Luc Andre <landre3567@xxxxxxxxx>: >>>> >>>> Thanks for your reply. >>>> >>>> We did a test on a powerful server with >>>> >>>> StartServers 20 >>>> MinSpareServers 5 >>>> MaxSpareServers 20 >>>> >>>> And we still have the issue... >>> >>> >>> To ensure that you don't hit the child spin up issue, you'll have to set >>> MinSpareServers to a value equal to or greater than the number of processes >>> you need for your test, I'd recommend 20 in this case, just to be sure. Are >>> you sure that you're using the prefork mpm, and therefore those settings are >>> actually relevant? If you don't have a good reason to use prefork, you may >>> get better performance with worker or event (but be sure to tune the >>> associated settings, such as ThreadsPerChild appropriately) >>> >>> Additionally, you don't specify how your PHP is configured. If you're >>> using PHP-FPM, you need to ensure that pm.start_servers and >>> pm.min_spare_servers are large enough as well. >>> >>> rainer >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx