Well it does seem like mod_perl is a a RAM users... I commented it out and instead of 120mb RAM it is using 60mb RAM... Any suggestions on what I can do to make mod_perl not use so much ram... I have it running cause I am testing out a CMS system called WebGUI... Maybe I should just get used to that amount of ram being used... Thanks, Billy Strader WebPool WebPool Pager: 865-417-5622 Work: 865-425-5178 Pager: 865-417-5012 -----Original Message----- From: users-return-68200-WILLIAM.A.STRADER=saic.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:users-return-68200-WILLIAM.A.STRADER=saic.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joshua Slive Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 10:50 AM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Apache 2.2.3 Memory Usage On 11/20/06, Strader, William A. <WILLIAM.A.STRADER@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Not sure if this is the right place to be asking but I thought I would > try. > > OK I am running Fedora Core 6 with Apache 2.2.3 (installed via yum). > The server has 1.5gb RAM on a Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.66GHz (2666 > MHz). What I am running into is I am getting like 12 or more httpd > processes running. Each processing using approximately 120mb RAM. I > am running the system with prefork.c and here is the configu statement > I have for it: > > <IfModule prefork.c> > StartServers 2 > MinSpareServers 3 > MaxSpareServers 10 > ServerLimit 256 > MaxClients 256 > MaxRequestsPerChild 4000 > </IfModule> > > I also have this line in my config: > > MaxMemFree 30720 > > Now can anyone know me why I have so many httpd processes running at a > given time and why is each process using such a large amount of RAM. > > The number of sites I am running on the server is 7 domains and 4 sub > domains so a total of 11 sites. Any advice you can give me in helping > me possible reduce the amount of ram the system is using would greatly > be appricated. 12 httpd processes does not seem at all unusual, given that you allow up to 10 spare (inactive) processes, plus the parent (control) process and perhaps a piped-logger or something like that. What is unusual here is memory requirements of 120MB per process. This is at least 10 times what you would expect in a standard install. It implies that you are running some modules (mod_perl or similar) that are gobbling up tons of RAM. You should isolate which module is doing that and see if you can fix it. 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