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Modified: htdocs/manual/mod core.html
Log:
Document the fact that StartServers, MaxSpareServers and MinSpareServers
have no effect on Unix. Also that ThreadsPerChild has no effect on
Unix.
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@@ -1634,6 +1634,10 @@
Tuning of this parameter should only be necessary on very busy sites.
Setting this parameter to a large number is almost always a bad idea.<P>
+This directive has no effect on Microsoft Windows.
+
+<P>
+
See also <A HREF="#minspareservers">MinSpareServers</A> and
<A HREF="#startservers">StartServers</A>.<P><HR>
@@ -1664,6 +1668,10 @@
Tuning of this parameter should only be necessary on very busy sites.
Setting this parameter to a large number is almost always a bad idea.<P>
+This directive has no effect on Microsoft Windows.
+
+<P>
+
See also <A HREF="#maxspareservers">MaxSpareServers</A> and
<A HREF="#startservers">StartServers</A>.<P><HR>
@@ -2462,10 +2470,15 @@
on startup. As the number of processes is dynamically controlled depending
on the load, there is usually little reason to adjust this parameter.<P>
-<P>When running with Microsoft Windows, this directive sets the total
- number of child processes running. Since the Windows version of Apache
- is multithreaded, one processes handles all the requests. The rest are
- held in reserve until the main processes dies.
+<P>When running under Microsoft Windows, this directive has no effect.
+ There is always one child which handles all requests. Within the
+ child requests are handled by separate threads. The
+ <A HREF="#threadsperchild">ThreadsPerChild</A> directive controls
+ the maximum number of child threads handling requests, which will
+ have a similar effect to the setting of <SAMP>StartServers</SAMP>
+ on Unix.
+
+<P>
See also <A HREF="#minspareservers">MinSpareServers</A> and
<A HREF="#maxspareservers">MaxSpareServers</A>.<P><HR>
@@ -2494,6 +2507,10 @@
is the maximum number of connections the server can handle at once; be
sure and set this number high enough for your site if you get a lot of
hits.
+
+<P>
+
+This directive has no effect on Unix systems.
<P>See also <A HREF="#startservers">StartServers</A> and <A
HREF="#maxrequestsperchild">MaxRequestsPerChild</A>.</P>
