Re: When does Apache restart child processes

2012-10-31 Thread Eric Covener
> It's possible this is because a burst of requests causes Apache to spin up > child processes to handle them, but perhaps the load-test generation slows > down at some point, Apache winds up with idle processes, and closes some > down? Is that plausible? http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mpm_

When does Apache restart child processes

2012-10-31 Thread Joshua Marantz
Hi, While load-testing our module, I've noticed (via log statements) that child processes get frequently shut down & restarted. I'd like to figure out why. I know that Apache can be configured to restart child processes periodically based on number of requests served, but I don't believe that's