Re: [users@httpd] Apache Performance Question

2015-07-24 Thread Dino B.
Thank you so much Philip, another question. I see MaxClients in 2 files: extra\httpd-mpm.conf and original\extra\httpd-mpm.conf I assume I should change the one in extra directory or? Also, I see in both of these files, 3 areas: "prefork MPM" (set to 150), "worker MPM" (set to 150), and "BeOS MPM

Re: [users@httpd] Apache Performance Question

2015-07-23 Thread Dino B.
Thank you for the reply John. I'm using Apache 2.2 and I'm novice, would you mind providing some detailed steps to figure out what the issue is? If my initial explanation is vague, what other info do you need if any? Much appreciated On Jul 23, 2015 6:30 AM, "Rose, John B" wrote: > In the past

Re: [users@httpd] Apache Performance Question

2015-07-23 Thread Rose, John B
In the past on our 2.2 configs we used prefork with mod_php To set our MaxClients we determine an average amount of RAM used by httpd processes by looking at "top" output, we then divide the (total amount of physical RAM minus enough RAM to run the OS) by the average RAM used by httpd processes.

Re: [users@httpd] Apache Performance Question

2015-07-23 Thread Philip Wigg
Hi, There is a limit on the number of concurrent connections that Apache will serve. See if you can find the 'LogLevel' directive in your configuration and then set it to 'info'. Apache will then print warnings in your error log if you're reaching those limits. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/m

[users@httpd] Apache Performance Question

2015-07-22 Thread Dino B.
I am new to Apache, please provide adequate answer with information. Apache (2.2) is serving requests from bar-code scanning devices which scan items in warehouse. It could be 1-50 or so devices doing scans at any time. All scans will update item location in database and Apache server is the midd