My Apache2 sometimes gets really slow.. Looking at the log file it's showing server reached MaxClient settings, consider raising the MaxClients setting at the times apache is slow, so I guess that this is causing the slowdown. After some googling I found this. The problem now is that I do not have MaxClients in the /etc/apache2/httpd.conf , but I do have it in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf In apache2.conf I have to times a MaxClients! Code: <IfModule prefork.c> StartServers 50 MinSpareServers 50 MaxSpareServers 200 MaxClients 256 MaxRequestsPerChild 1 </IfModule> <IfModule worker.c> StartServers 2 MaxClients 150 MinSpareThreads 25 MaxSpareThreads 75 ThreadsPerChild 25 MaxRequestsPerChild 0 </IfModule> Do I need to set both MaxClients, or do I need to add a MaxClients to the httpd.conf? Also. The server (Debain Sarge 3.1) has 4GB of memory.. Will a MacClients of lets say 1000 be okay?
I guess you use prefork (as most installations do), so set it in the prefork stanza. No, httpd.conf is included in apache2.conf, so there's no need to set it in httpd.conf. Have a look here: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5137&highlight=MaxClients Normally, the upperl imit for MaxClients is 256. If you need a higher value, you must also set ServerLimit.
