[ic] mod_interchange and Apache MaxClients

[Steve]

> >> I am running Apache with mod_interchange 1.32, with the following
> > >> httpd.conf
> > >> entries:
> > >>
> > >> StartServers  5
> > >> MinSpareServers  5
> > >> MaxSpareServers  10
> > >> MaxClients  150
> > >> MaxRequestsPerChild 10000
> > >>
> > >> I am finding that even with these settings Apache is hitting its
> > >> MaxClients limit now and again as evidenced by the following
> > >> entry in the Apache error log:
> > >>
> > >> "server reached MaxClients setting, consider raising the MaxClients
> > >> setting" The problem is that once Apache bumps up against this
> limit,
> > >> the site hangs, permanently!
> > >>
> > >> i.e.  The Apache processes running stay at 150 indefinitely and so
> > >> the site becomes permanently inaccessible.
> > >>
> > >> I had thought that once MaxClients was reached TCP requests would
> be
> > >> queued and so eventually the lockout situation would end once the
> > >>backlog of requests was cleared.
> > >>
> > >> Having come across an old post to the mailing list:
> > >> http://www.icdevgroup.org/pipermail/interchange-users/2003-

Snip...

I'm wondering if this has something to do with RobotLimit
Just for kicks, take a look at this thread:
http://www.icdevgroup.org/pipermail/interchange-users/2005-August/043708.htm
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Steve Graham