RE: [cobalt-users] httpd reaches MaxClients within minutes after restarting service

["Phil Beynon" <Infolink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hello,
>
> I've a very weird problem with my Cobalt RaQ3.  All patches are applied
> since they came out.
> Apache is compiled with php-4.1.1 via apxs.  We have several cobalt boxes
> installed this way, all with the same compile options.
> Since last sunday the httpd process reached the MaxClient setting
> and made
> all Virtual hosts un-accesible.  When I reboot the server, or
> just restart
> the service, the same problem occurs within minutes..
> I did many hours of extensive testing and found out that when I disabled
> #LoadModule and #Addmodule for php4 then my problem disappeared.
> The server
> is running fine now since three days.  But I need to enable PHP again.  I
> tried to install latest php-4.1.1 (last was 4.1.0) but without result.
> I already tried to increase MaxClient to 256, and startservers
> also but this
> also didn't help.
>
> Can someone help me with this weird problem?
>
> Regards,
> Lao

Hi,

Have you had a look to see what is spawning the processes in the first place
and what those processes are?
Top would be a good option I would have thought.
Increasing the MaxClient is just going to delay (slightly) whatever is
happening.

Phil

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