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diff --git a/docs/manual/process-model.html b/docs/manual/process-model.html deleted file mode 100644 index cef934f239..0000000000 --- a/docs/manual/process-model.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,76 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> -<HTML><HEAD> -<TITLE>Server Pool Management</TITLE> -</HEAD> - -<!-- Background white, links blue (unvisited), navy (visited), red (active) --> -<BODY - BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" - TEXT="#000000" - LINK="#0000FF" - VLINK="#000080" - ALINK="#FF0000" -> -<!--#include virtual="header.html" --> - -<blockquote><strong>Warning:</strong> -This document has not been updated to take into account changes -made in the 2.0 version of the Apache HTTP Server. Some of the -information may still be relevant, but please use it -with care. -</blockquote> - -<H1 ALIGN="CENTER">Server Pool Management</H1> - -<HR> -<P> -We found that many people were using values for "MaxServers" either -too high or too low, and were hanging themselves on it. The model we -adopted is still based on long-lived minimal-forking processes, but -instead of specifying one number of persistent processes, the -web-master specifies a maximum and minimum number of processes to be -"spare" - every couple of seconds the parent checks the actual number -of spare servers and adjusts accordingly. This should keep the number -of servers concurrently running relatively low while still ensuring -minimal forking. - -<P> - -We renamed the current StartServers to MinSpareServers, created -separate StartServers parameter which means what it says, and renamed -MaxServers to MaxSpareServers (though the old name still works, for -NCSA 1.4 back-compatibility). The old names were generally regarded -as too confusing. - -<P> - -The defaults for each variable are: - -<PRE> -MinSpareServers 5 -MaxSpareServers 10 -StartServers 5 -</PRE> - -There is an absolute maximum number of simultaneous children defined -by a compile-time limit which defaults to 256 and a "MaxClients" -directive which specifies the number of simultaneous children that -will be allowed. MaxClients can be adjusted up to the compile-time -limit (HARD_SERVER_LIMIT, defined in httpd.h). If you need more -than 256 simultaneous children, you need to modify both HARD_SERVER_LIMIT -and MaxClients.<P> - -In versions before 1.2, HARD_SERVER_LIMIT defaulted to 150.<P> - -We do not recommend changing either of these values unless: - -<OL> -<LI>You know you have the server resources to handle more -<LI>You use the machine for other purposes and must limit the amount of memory -Apache uses -</OL> - -<!--#include virtual="footer.html" --> -</BODY></HTML> - - |