How do you set it higher then 256? I didn't even know it was set to max 256 unless you specified it higher.

its right in the httpd.conf file. Actually the default is 150 unless you have some preinstalled build for a high end webserver

I vaguely remember seeing something in the Apache README file. You will have to edit the source code and recompile.

The Max under Unix is usually set to 256, with the default at 150. In order to set this higher (usually only needed if you have a really high traffic site), you will need to edit the "httpd.h" file in the Apache source directory.... Then recompile Apache.

http://thingy.kcilink.com/modperlguide/performance/Choosing_MaxClients.html


Wouldn't is be could if someone made a script that would bench your system and set max settings automaticly for ya?

My apache 1.3.22 was configured with these settings for httpd.h
/* Limit on the total --- clients will be locked out if more servers than
* this are needed. It is intended solely to keep the server from crashing
* when things get out of hand.
*
* We keep a hard maximum number of servers, for two reasons --- first off,
* in case something goes seriously wrong, we want to stop the fork bomb
* short of actually crashing the machine we're running on by filling some
* kernel table. Secondly, it keeps the size of the scoreboard file small
* enough that we can read the whole thing without worrying too much about
* the overhead.
*/
#ifndef HARD_SERVER_LIMIT
#ifdef WIN32
#define HARD_SERVER_LIMIT 1024
#elif defined(NETWARE)
#define HARD_SERVER_LIMIT 2048
#else
#define HARD_SERVER_LIMIT 256
#endif
#endif


How do i know which one it used? i dont understand

I mean if it said
#define HARD_SERVER_LIMIT 256
and only that.. then yeah i could easily change it to 1024 and then recompile
But it has 3 things
and i have no idea which one it is using
and which one to change
can anyone help me?

n/m got it