No. I think that might be an indication of a DOS attack, but maybe not. In any case I've now cut down the max number of processes. Maybe it was too much for the CPU/memory the server's got.
Ramon Casha On 25 July 2012 08:49, Warren Camilleri <[email protected]> wrote: > Good morning fellow penguins, > > I know its related to the topic and somewhat a stupid question, why does > the server run so many apache processes? > > I understand that apache is the web networking platform, but should it be > constantly making new processes to a point where we have to intervine? > > Best regards, > Warren Camilleri > Founding Father of OSSMalta > > --- > Sent from my android > On Jul 25, 2012 8:21 AM, "Ramon Casha" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I restarted apache. There were loads of apache processes - which is what >> I usually find when the server hangs. So this time I reduced the number of >> processes from 150 (which seems to be the default) to 30. >> >> >> Ramon Casha >> >> >> On 24 July 2012 11:05, James Azzopardi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> ping www.linux.org.mt works >>> PING linux.org.mt (78.133.102.36) 56(84) bytes of data. >>> 64 bytes from 78.133.102.36: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=55.1 ms >>> 64 bytes from 78.133.102.36: icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=55.0 ms >>> >>> So it has to be Apache. >>> >>> >>> JAmes >>> >>> >>> On 24/07/2012 10:31, Warren Camilleri wrote: >>> >>>> is it me or is the web server down or has bandwidth been >>>> exceeded/reduced again? >>>> >>>> ossmalta.com <http://ossmalta.com> and linux.org.mt >>>> <http://linux.org.mt> aren't coming up on a GO connection, haven't >>>> tried >>>> >>>> my Vodafone connection yet. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Warren Camilleri >>>> Founding Father >>>> Mobile: +356 7991 2004 >>>> Skype: ossmalta | Twitter: warren_oss >>>> Also a member of MLUG, The Document Foundation, Ubuntu Malta >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>> MLUG-list mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/**mailman/listinfo/mlug-list<http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MLUG-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MLUG-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> >> > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >
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