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The problem

By default apache2 is configured to support about 150 concurrent connections. This forces all further connection requests to wait what is unnecessary since apache2 and the OX Server support a lot more concurrent connections on suitable hardware.


The solution

This is an example configuration to provide 800 concurrent connections. Please ensure that your apache is using the mpm_worker module. This allows us to serve lots of concurrent connections by using less RAM than with mpm_prefork as we are going to start much less processes. 

<IfModule mpm_worker_module>
    ServerLimit          25
    StartServers         10
    MinSpareThreads      75
    MaxSpareThreads     250 
    ThreadLimit          64
    ThreadsPerChild      32
    MaxClients          800
    MaxRequestsPerChild   0
</IfModule>


Short explanation of the parameters:

ServerLimitDeclares the maximum number of running apache processes. If you change this value you have to restart the daemon.
StartServersThe number of processes to start initially when starting the apache daemon.
MinSpareThreads/MaxSpareThreadsThis regulates how many threads may stay idle without being killed. Apache regulates this on its own very well with default values.
ThreadsPerChildHow many threads can be created per process. Can be changed during a reload.
ThreadLimitThreadsPerChild can be configured as high as this value during runtime. If you change this value you have to restart the daemon.
MaxClientsThis declares how many concurrent connections we provide. Devided by ThreadsPerChild you get the suitable ServerLimit value. May be less than ServerLimit * ThreadsPerChild to reserve some resources that can be engaged during runtime with increasing MaxClients and reloading the configuration.
MaxRequestsPerChildDefines the number of Connections that a process can handle during its lifetime (keep-alives are counted once). After that it will be killed.


For further information on these parameters see http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/worker.html and http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mpm_common.html.

--Steffen.templin 12:10, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

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