Ruediger Pluem wrote: > Is it really a good idea to use mod_mem_cache? Keep in mind that > mod_mem_cache uses local caches per process and cannot use sendfile > to send cached data. It seems that mod_disk_cache with a cache root > on a ram disk could be more efficient here.
No, it really isn't a good idea, and it wasn't my idea. ;-) I just started working at that company, and the frontend servers are even managed by another service company so I don't even have shell access to the servers. But I'm pushing for a switch to mod_disk_cache. > > The first odd thing is that I would have expected that Apache > > uses all child processes about equally. Especially I would > > have expected that there are at least 25 threads for the second > > process in state "_" (waiting for connection), because the > > MinSpareThread directive is set to 25. > > This is indeed strange. Mind to > > 1. Attach an ASCII-output of the whole status page to see the exact > process / thread slot usage. > 2. Your MPM configuration and your reverse proxy configuration. Here's the mpm config: MaxMemFree 1024 ThreadLimit 256 ServerLimit 3 StartServers 3 MaxClients 768 MinSpareThreads 25 MaxSpareThreads 75 ThreadsPerChild 256 MaxRequestsPerChild 2000000 ciao... -- Lars Eilebrecht [EMAIL PROTECTED]