is it normal for httpd processes to be taking up 5% of memory? Are there any steps we can take to lower this?

great that you asked. i was just looking at my TOP and was wondering the same thing. (i'm developing my website at the moment, meaning, only 4 or 5 people know about it).

portions of my TOP:
437 root 0 0 5644 5644 4604 S 0 0.0 1.0 0:01 httpd.admsrv
459 root 0 0 6248 6248 4936 S 0 0.0 1.2 0:00 httpd.admsrv
463 root 0 0 6228 6228 4932 S 0 0.0 1.2 0:00 httpd.admsrv
479 root 0 0 6236 6236 4940 S 0 0.0 1.2 0:00 httpd.admsrv
483 root 0 0 6220 6220 4936 S 0 0.0 1.2 0:00 httpd.admsrv
484 root 0 0 6232 6232 4932 S 0 0.0 1.2 0:00 httpd.admsrv
486 root 0 0 7160 7160 7016 S 0 0.0 1.3 0:02 httpd


10274 httpd 0 0 7356 7356 7100 S 0 0.0 1.4 0:00 httpd
10275 httpd 0 0 7356 7356 7100 S 0 0.0 1.4 0:00 httpd
10276 httpd 0 0 7244 7244 7080 S 0 0.0 1.4 0:00 httpd
10277 httpd 0 0 7244 7244 7080 S 0 0.0 1.4 0:00 httpd
10278 httpd 0 0 7244 7244 7080 S 0 0.0 1.4 0:00 httpd


does this look right?

Your figures are very small, look at these:
25263 httpd 11 0 15664 15M 14176 R 0 0.5 3.0 0:01 httpd
24872 httpd 0 0 15608 15M 14276 S 0 0.1 3.0 0:01 httpd
24874 httpd 1 0 15832 15M 14208 S 0 0.1 3.0 0:02 httpd
24875 httpd 10 0 15604 15M 14272 R 0 0.1 3.0 0:01 httpd
24876 httpd 0 0 15604 15M 14276 S 0 0.1 3.0 0:01 httpd
24913 httpd 0 0 16540 16M 14152 S 0 0.1 3.1 0:02 httpd
25218 httpd 0 0 15604 15M 14272 S 0 0.1 3.0 0:01 httpd
25240 httpd 10 0 17336 16M 14160 R 0 0.1 3.3 0:03 httpd

:eek: :eek:

holy frijoles.


i guess mine are fine in comparison...



=)

the amount of memory httpd takes up depends largely upon the number of modules it is using.

on high volume servers we either use a minimal httpd to server up static html and gifs or even switch to a lighter weight web server.

if you do not use certain modules, get rid of them ... you can pair down the httpd executable that way and save ram.

i am using raq3 with 512ram with cpu usage of around 0.15 and memory usage of 55% ... httpd seems to take up around 30% of my memory resources :

28971 httpd 0 0 6900 6900 5444 S 0 0.0 1.3 0:00 httpd
24925 httpd 0 0 6788 6788 5440 S 0 0.0 1.3 0:01 httpd
27938 httpd 0 0 6772 6772 5448 S 0 0.0 1.3 0:01 httpd
28935 httpd 0 0 6768 6768 5436 S 0 0.0 1.3 0:01 httpd
31446 httpd 0 0 6760 6760 5436 S 0 0.0 1.3 0:01 httpd
25865 httpd 0 0 6756 6756 5436 S 0 0.0 1.3 0:01 httpd
28336 httpd 0 0 6744 6744 5440 S 0 0.0 1.3 0:00 httpd
28883 httpd 0 0 6740 6740 5432 S 0 0.0 1.3 0:00 httpd
26749 httpd 0 0 6736 6736 5436 S 0 0.0 1.3 0:01 httpd
30899 httpd 0 0 6732 6732 5436 S 0 0.0 1.3 0:00 httpd
27458 httpd 0 0 6728 6728 5436 S 0 0.0 1.3 0:01 httpd
28304 httpd 0 0 6728 6728 5440 S 0 0.0 1.3 0:00 httpd
29477 httpd 0 0 6728 6728 5436 S 0 0.0 1.3 0:00 httpd
26046 httpd 0 0 6724 6724 5440 S 0 0.0 1.3 0:00 httpd
26073 httpd 0 0 6720 6720 5816 S 0 0.0 1.2 0:00 httpd
29438 httpd 0 0 6716 6716 5448 S 0 0.0 1.2 0:00 httpd
30771 httpd 0 0 6716 6716 5436 S 0 0.0 1.2 0:00 httpd

may i know how do i find out which modules are not needed and how can i remove it? any online tutorials?