<checking> is this issue solved and does apache use garbage collect mechanisms? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Slive" <jslive@xxxxxxxxx> To: <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 5:44 PM Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Strange Problem > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 15:27:24 +0300, Yannis Tsakiris <gtsakiris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > So far so good, but in an arbitrary moment all apache processes stop serving > > requests, and all of the processes are trying to consume a lot of cpu time, > > and load average is increasing very fast (at the end the load average is > > almost equal to the number of running apache processes, which is 500). In > > this condition the server is not responding and all I can do is to reboot > > the machine. > > If you can use the shell, then you should do some debugging: attach to > the processes with gdb and strace and see what they are up to. It is > unlikely that this is an apache-httpd problem. More likely one of > your scripts is getting stuck someplace. > > Joshua. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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