Re: Why did my HTTP server lock up?

[Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have had it reject connections when the volume was higher than it could
process, but I don't believe it has ever completely stopped responding like
your scenario.

Did you find anything in your IFS logs? (i.e.
/www/instancename/logs/err*.log  )

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com
http://mowyourlawn.com/blog/


On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> One day last week my HTTP server (Apache based) locked up.  That is, it
> stopped responding to requests for both static and dynamic content.  It also
> took a long time to "end", using ENDTCPSVR, before restarting.
>
> Has that ever happened to you?
>
> I looked at my configuration file, and the following jumped out at me:
>
> ThreadsPerChild 10
> KeepAlive On
> KeepAliveTimeout 3600
> TimeOut 3600
> MaxCGIJobs 10
>
> That looks like I'm limiting available connections, while enabling
> persistent connections, and enabling them to remain connection for up to one
> hour, possibly with no activity.
>
> How smart is that?
>
> -Nathan.
>
>
>
>
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