Perrin Harkins wrote: >>Does using the Apache::GTopLimit module have the same net effect as >>restarting the server itself by simply killing off the actual > > processes > >>which are growing beyond the set threshold, and thereby causing new >>processes to be born? > > > It does kill off processes that are getting too big, and you definitely > should use either GtopLimit or SizeLimit to get the most out of your > server. However, it's not quite the same thing as a restart. Over > time, some of the shared memory from the parent process appears to > become unshared, and new processes that are spawned start out with less > shared memory because of this.
Hmm, when a new process starts it shares *everything* with the parent. Why do you say that it's not? It doesn't matter if the process gets killed because of MaxRequestPerChild or FooLimit thresholds. __________________________________________________________________ Stas Bekman JAm_pH ------> Just Another mod_perl Hacker http://stason.org/ mod_perl Guide ---> http://perl.apache.org mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://use.perl.org http://apacheweek.com http://modperlbook.org http://apache.org http://ticketmaster.com
