[NTLUG:Discuss] Apache problem?

[Jim Wildman]

As a further exercise, take a good look at the script(s) you are 
running.  Are they written in OS resource efficient way?  ie, do
they only open files/processes when they are needed and then close
those handles right away?  I'm no Perl monk, but I've taken scripts 
and reduced them from 16-20 system calls to 2.  That makes a difference
when the script is being called every 30 seconds!

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Jim Wildman, CISSP                                      jim at rossberry.com
http://www.rossberry.com

On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Douglas King wrote:

> Here's the scenario.  I have a Red Hat 7.3 box, running Apache 1.3.23....running MANY name virtual hosts
> (1,000+ total sites).  The kernel has been re-compiled.
> 
> Here's the problem:
> 
> When attempting to run cgi scripts on some of the web sites....it doesn't run, but gives a:
> 
> Too many open files: couldn't spawn child process: /var/www/cgi-bin/tx-xx/ema_list.cgi
> 
> This error message is found in /var/log/error log
> 
> We messed with Apache last night trying different setups in that conf file....
> 
> Timeout  300
> 
> KeepAlive  Off
> 
> MaxKeepAliveRequests  100
> 
> KeepAliveTimeout  15
> 
> MinSpareServers  25
> MaxSpareServers 50
> 
> StartServers  100
> 
> MaxClients  200
> 
> MaxRequestsPerchild  10
> 
> 
> I am running about 2 - 3 dozen independant log files.....one error log file.
> 
> What's my problem?
> 
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