StartServers - number of httpd processes started when you *initially* start the web server MinSpareServers - the minimimun limit or number of httpd processes that will always be available at any point in time *without serving requests* i guess MaxSpareServers - the max limit corresponding to the above :) ServerLimit - the max httpd processes that can *exist* at any point in time. No new httpd process will be created once this limit is reached MaxClients - maximum number of simultaneous client connections or httpd processes *serving* requests at any point in time. u cannot open or get your request served by web server once this limit is reached. MaxRequestsPerChild - maximum number of requests a spawned httpd process can serve. once this is reached, httpd parent recycles the process (i think am correct in this. 90% sure)
Further, i hope u r aware of prefork model. Only one parent will start first which will inturn spawm many processes depending on these settings and load. that parent is also responsible for recylcing child/spawned process periodically Regards Prasanna Ram On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Darvin Denmian <darvin.denm...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello list, > > i need some information about the above directives: > > <IfModule prefork.c> > StartServers 8 > MinSpareServers 5 > MaxSpareServers 20 > ServerLimit 288 > MaxClients 256 > MaxRequestsPerChild 4000 > </IfModule> > > There is a good soul that can explain each directive listed above? > > Thanks. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > >
