Re: [users@httpd] Apache spawning "broken" sub-processes under load

2011-02-01 Thread Igor Galić
- "Dave Barton" wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry, half-asleep. > > Dave Barton > Senior Systems Administrator > Comodo CA Ltd > Tel: +44 (0) 1274 730505 > Fax: +44 (0) 1274 730909 > > On 01/02/11 14:29, Igor Galić wrote: > > > > - "Dave Barton" wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> To answer the que

Re: [users@httpd] Apache spawning "broken" sub-processes under load

2011-02-01 Thread Dave Barton
Hi, Sorry, half-asleep. Dave Barton Senior Systems Administrator Comodo CA Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 1274 730505 Fax: +44 (0) 1274 730909 On 01/02/11 14:29, Igor Galić wrote: > > - "Dave Barton" wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> To answer the questions from the other email first; >> Which version of WP?

Re: [users@httpd] Apache spawning "broken" sub-processes under load

2011-02-01 Thread Igor Galić
- "Dave Barton" wrote: > Hi, > > To answer the questions from the other email first; > > >>Which version of WP? > >>Did you make -- recently -- any changes? Upgrade, install new > plugins? > >>Did you traffic spontaneously increase? > > It's an old version (2.7) but I'm not sure how much

Re: [users@httpd] Apache spawning "broken" sub-processes under load

2011-02-01 Thread Dave Barton
Hi, To answer the questions from the other email first; >>Which version of WP? >>Did you make -- recently -- any changes? Upgrade, install new plugins? >>Did you traffic spontaneously increase? It's an old version (2.7) but I'm not sure how much of an option an upgrade is. I'll have to raise it

Re: [users@httpd] Apache spawning "broken" sub-processes under load

2011-01-31 Thread Igor Galić
- "Dave Barton" wrote: > Should really have included this; > > # apache2 -v > Server version: Apache/2.2.14 (Unix) > Server built: Jan 29 2010 12:34:06 > > # apache2ctl modules > [Mon Jan 31 17:29:24 2011] [warn] module status_module is already > loaded, skipping > Loaded Modules: > cor

Re: [users@httpd] Apache spawning "broken" sub-processes under load

2011-01-31 Thread Igor Galić
- "Dave Barton" wrote: > Hi, > > We've recently had a pretty large increase in the usage of one of our > Wordpress-powered sites. I'm seeing some very odd behaviour and I'm at Which version of WP? Did you make -- recently -- any changes? Upgrade, install new plugins? Did you traffic sponta

Re: [users@httpd] Apache spawning "broken" sub-processes under load

2011-01-31 Thread Dave Barton
Should really have included this; # apache2 -v Server version: Apache/2.2.14 (Unix) Server built: Jan 29 2010 12:34:06 # apache2ctl modules [Mon Jan 31 17:29:24 2011] [warn] module status_module is already loaded, skipping Loaded Modules: core_module (static) mpm_worker_module (static) http_

[users@httpd] Apache spawning "broken" sub-processes under load

2011-01-31 Thread Dave Barton
Hi, We've recently had a pretty large increase in the usage of one of our Wordpress-powered sites. I'm seeing some very odd behaviour and I'm at a loss as to how to investigate it further. Some of the apache processes are spawning children with broken CPU usage and time stats (as shown by ps auxf)