RE: [cobalt-users] httpd.conf on a raq3

[Ariel Manzur <punto@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 22:07 27/08/2000 +0200, you wrote:
>At 06:08 27-8-2000 -0300, you wrote:
>>At 12:38 27/08/2000 -0400, Dan wrote:
>> >> I have a raq3 with a lot of sites (about 105). The server doesn't
show any
>> >> problems with memory, CPU or bandwidth, however, the sites take long to
>> >> respond. Sometimes up to 1 minute. After that, the download speed
>> >> is normal..
>> >>
>> >> Any ideas of what could cause this? I'm changing the "MaxSpareServers"
>> >> values, and "MaxClient" values on httpd.conf (am I on the right direction
>> >> there?)
>> >> Is there anything else I should look for on the server?
>> >>
>> >What other changes have you made?
>> >Custom software?
>> >DNS changes?
>>
>>The box is running php, and mysql. The DNS server is disabled (this delay
>>is noted after the lookup of the domain is finished (the browser says
>>"Connecting to host")).
>
>For password protected sites I believe apache does a reverse lookup.
>And that will fail because DNS is disabled and will take aprox 30 secs.
>
>Enable it and make sure you have a valid DNS ip address in your 
>/etc/resolv.conf
>DNS is needed for a lot of services btw. They rely on it.
>Ftp is a good example. If you ftp into the server does it take a long time 
>to login?

DNS on localhost is not running (maned is not running), but the server is
using an external DNS server that works fine.. This problem is with all the
pages..

Thanks for your help..

Ariel.