Re: Apache2 with worker MPM on 5.3

2005-02-15 Thread Toomas Aas
Matthew Seaman wrote: Prefork is the original mechanism Apache used to multiplex itself. It generally works exceedingly well on Unix systems where fork(2) is fast and efficient, which is why it is the default. Threaded MPMs may or may not be better for your particular situation, depending on: Tha

Re: Apache2 with worker MPM on 5.3

2005-02-15 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 01:20:10PM +0200, Toomas Aas wrote: > We are running a fairly busy website with Apache 2.0.52. At times > a lot of httpd processes gather up and consume all the available > memory, which slows down web access. You should check and see if apache is validly spawning all thos

Apache2 with worker MPM on 5.3

2005-02-10 Thread Toomas Aas
Hello! We are running a fairly busy website with Apache 2.0.52. At times a lot of httpd processes gather up and consume all the available memory, which slows down web access. Apache2 was installed from ports and defaulted to prefork MPM. I read from the Apache performance tuning document that worke