Re: Do virtual hosts need their own servers?

[Ged Haywood]

Hi there,

On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Jonathan Edwards wrote:

> Apache is set to:
> StartServers 10
> MaxClients 512
> 
> Is that to say that the max number of children is 20 (StartServers +
> MaxSpareServers) or 512 (MaxClients)

MaxClients.  But if you have 10M unshared in each child and only 500M
of RAM you'll never get there, the machine will just grind to a halt
as it starts to swap processes to and from disc.  You really need to
think hard about the settings.  Read the docs.

> I am just starting to learn about having a "light" server to perform
> all static functions. [snip] have a separate server that deals
> exclusively with displaying images and other static content? I'm a
> little confused, but it sounds like a pretty sweet deal.

You'll be a lot less confused after you've read the Guide a few times.

http://perl.apache.org/guide

73,
Ged.