Hi, We use Apache httpd 2.2.11 on Solaris 10 (Sparc). I compiled httpd myself with the following options: # ./httpd -V Server version: Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) Server built: Feb 5 2009 09:00:47 Server's Module Magic Number: 20051115:21 Server loaded: APR 1.3.3, APR-Util 1.3.4 Compiled using: APR 1.3.3, APR-Util 1.3.4 Architecture: 32-bit Server MPM: Worker threaded: yes (fixed thread count) forked: yes (variable process count) Server compiled with.... -D APACHE_MPM_DIR="server/mpm/worker" -D APR_HAS_SENDFILE -D APR_HAS_MMAP -D APR_HAVE_IPV6 (IPv4-mapped addresses enabled) -D APR_USE_FCNTL_SERIALIZE -D APR_USE_PTHREAD_SERIALIZE -D SINGLE_LISTEN_UNSERIALIZED_ACCEPT -D APR_HAS_OTHER_CHILD -D AP_HAVE_RELIABLE_PIPED_LOGS -D DYNAMIC_MODULE_LIMIT=128 -D HTTPD_ROOT="/usr/local/apache2/" -D SUEXEC_BIN="/usr/local/apache2/bin/suexec" -D DEFAULT_SCOREBOARD="logs/apache_runtime_status" -D DEFAULT_ERRORLOG="logs/error_log" -D AP_TYPES_CONFIG_FILE="conf/mime.types" -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="conf/httpd.conf" Worker MPM settings: <IfModule mpm_worker_module> ServerLimit 64 StartServers 4 MaxClients 1024 MinSpareThreads 32 MaxSpareThreads 128 ThreadsPerChild 16 MaxRequestsPerChild 1024 </IfModule> Sometimes the server load increases heavily, when looking at the processes, a few httpd are using quitte a lot of CPU. Output top: last pid: 19041; load avg: 8.09, 8.08, 8.07; up 65+18:17:24 10:12:08 65 processes: 59 sleeping, 6 on cpu CPU states: 66.5% idle, 33.4% user, 0.1% kernel, 0.0% iowait, 0.0% swap Memory: 3968M phys mem, 1402M free mem, 4097M total swap, 4097M free swap PID USERNAME LWP PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE TIME CPU COMMAND 28877 daemon 4 0 0 12M 9640K cpu/4 62.3H 12.24% httpd 28625 daemon 4 0 0 12M 9448K cpu/11 62.3H 12.24% httpd 28551 daemon 2 0 0 12M 9336K cpu/17 20.8H 4.08% httpd 29187 daemon 2 0 0 12M 9400K cpu/21 20.8H 4.08% httpd 19041 root 1 50 0 3456K 2408K cpu/8 0:00 0.06% top There are no errors in the error log. When looking at the server-status, these pids are active. 28625 and 28877 have three threads with Mode of operation "W" 28551 and 29187 have one threads with Mode of operation "W" All pids have no other threads, so it looks like a problem sending the reply to the client.... Any ideas on how to solve this? Regards and TIA Martijn --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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