I wonder how much reqeusts(vistors/traffic) can a apache httpd server can serve (linux, httpd and all others are on default settings)?
because my apache server seems always freeze for few seconds during rush hours. There is only about 40 requests/second. and 100 processes runing. Are there anyway to improve the webserver performance?
thanks

Hello,


Are you sure it is not the spec of your server or your connection?

there are no packet loss when I do 'ping' to my server.

What kind of system is it (hardware) and what connection is it on? Also, what version of redhat & apache?

hardware config. PIII800, 256MB Ram,
dedicated server at weinbar.com
Apache/1.3.14, RedHat 7.0 ver. Apache/1.3.14

thanks

Check your httpd.conf there is a line in there that handles the number of requests

MaxRequestsPerChild 1000
KeepAlive On
MaxKeepAliveRequests 0

thanks

Yeah,
those are the lines...
changed them to whatever you want.

Originally posted by Eagle

changed them to whatever you want.

what values should I change to?

This one also

MaxClients 1500
MaxKeepAliveRequests 1000

that should work fine.

does it need to set MaxClients to 1500?
maxclients = 150 can handle millions page views a day, isn't it?

That will work too

appreicate for ur helps. but these can't solve the problem. any other suggestions?

Try turning keepalive off, that may help all depends on server and scripts being used by the site....

I had try turn off keepalive. won't help.
it's mainly runing PHP + MySQL,
the cpu, memery load all are nice.