Thanks Joshua. I have - MinSpareServers 1 MaxSpareServers 2 So once there are more than two processes that are spare (not getting used), shouldn't they be killed automatically? So at any point of time when there is no traffic, there should not be more than 2 processes. Your reply would be very much appreciated. Thanks & Regards Pawan > -----Original Message----- > From: Joshua Slive [mailto:jslive@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 9:04 PM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Httpd processes exist for more than two days > > > On 7/20/05, Mishra, Pawan <Pawan.Mishra@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > I am using I.H.S. 1.3.26.2 with Websphere and have frequently noticed > that > > there are many httpd processes older than two days. This happens even > if > > application is not heavily used in the mean time. > > > > Can someone help me out to know what may be the reason for this and > how can > > I ensure that the httpd processes go away as usual after serving the > > request. > > httpd processes do *not* go away after serving requests. They wait > for new requests to appear. This "pre-forking" makes the server much > more efficient. So it is completely normal to see long-lived httpd > processes. > > 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