Skip: The memory usage you see for apache contains the size of shared libraries and shared memory, too. So it's not 185MB memory for EACH process. If you have plenty of cache+buffers allocated memory, you don't need to worry.
On Apr 12, 5:39 pm, Skip Montanaro <skip.montan...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm trying to get web2py installed and running w/ WSGI on an Ubuntu > Itrepid > virtual server. Apache by itself was working just fine. After > installing WSGI and > setting up web2py using these instructions: > > http://jdoe.asidev.com/2009/02/26/configure-web2py-to-run-behind-apac... > > it seems that I can never start fewer than 8 apache2 processes, each > with > 185mb of virtual memory. As my virtual server only has 1gb of RAM > this > proves problematic. I'm not sure how the Ubuntu Apache server is > built, but > I defined both the mpm_prefork and mpm_worker setups to define as few > processes as possible: > > <IfModule mpm_prefork_module> > StartServers 1 > MinSpareServers 1 > MaxSpareServers 2 > MaxClients 150 > MaxRequestsPerChild 0 > </IfModule> > > <IfModule mpm_worker_module> > StartServers 1 > MaxClients 150 > MinSpareThreads 25 > MaxSpareThreads 75 > ThreadsPerChild 25 > MaxRequestsPerChild 0 > </IfModule> > > I'm confused about the huge memory use and the large number of > processes started. Does any of this have to do with WSGI or web2py? > > Thanks, > > Skip Montanaro --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
