Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > Hi all, > > > > I am constantly getting the server reached --max children setting entries in > my log > > I started with 10 max children and have been raising it by 2. I am now at > 40 , but still getting the messages (though not as often) how high can I go > given these specs: > > sa 3.3 on freebsd , hardware is a PIV 1.3 ghz with 1 gig of ram 20 gig 5400 > rpm PATA drive, and processing an average of 8000 messages a day. > > When running top I have seen swap usage go as high as ~500M >
Lower it until you see the swap usage go away. Having messages waiting for an available child is MUCH better than having the system using swap. -- Bowie
