Re: [Openinteract-help] httpd maxing out

[Chris W. <ch...@cw...>]

joe spiegel wrote:
> I finally have a clue why my httpd maxes out sometimes when I come
> home.  This means it's churning out cpu cycles after leaving my
> server and linux box running exposed to internet.  I notice that it
> happens when:

 > ...

> Upping this limit will vastly improve the stability of the package
> for me.  I am using postgres module without any special configuration
> done for connections on my part.
> 
> Line in question from OpenInteract/DBI.pm:    my $db = eval {
> DBI->connect( $dsn, $username, $password ) };
> 
> next time, I'll attach gdb to it as it is running to find out where
> it's happening.  But, does anybody know, should I start looking for a
> solution in httpd.conf or in my server.ini file, or somewhere in the
> DBI settings elsewhere?  Maybe the cache settings in server.ini?

Since each child gets its own DB handle it sounds like you're spawning 
too many Apache children. Can you try playing around with the Apache 
settings for the max number of children spawned?

Apologies for the delay.

Chris

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