Re: normal for Apache to hang?

On Thursday 15 March 2001 06:37, you wrote: > Does your Apache hang? > Is that normal? > To have commands sitting for 1-2 minutes? > PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT LIB %CPU %MEM TIME > COMMAND [[.... snip some other processes here ....]] > 12345 www 9 0 4648 4648 2240 S 0 0.0 0.9 1:05 > httpd 12346 www 9 0 4792 4792 2244 S 0 0.0 0.9 > 1:12 httpd 12347 www 9 0 4600 4600 2240 S 0 0.0 0.8 > 1:08 httpd 12348 www 9 0 4964 4964 2240 S 0 0.0 0.9 > 1:08 httpd 12349 www 10 0 4912 4912 2292 S 0 0.0 > 0.9 1:08 httpd 12352 www 9 0 4868 4868 2248 S 0 0.0 > 0.9 1:04 httpd 12358 www 9 0 4736 4736 2248 S 0 > 0.0 0.9 1:05 httpd 12359 www 9 0 4744 4744 2240 S 0 > 0.0 0.9 1:09 httpd 12360 www 9 0 5036 5036 2428 S > 0 0.0 0.9 1:10 httpd 12361 www 9 0 4656 4656 2248 S > 0 0.0 0.9 1:12 httpd 12377 mysql 9 0 6624 6624 2076 S > 0 0.0 1.2 0:04 mysqld 12378 mysql 9 0 6624 6624 2076 S > 0 0.0 1.2 0:05 mysqld Apache isn't hanging - it's just keeping its existing subprocesses at hand in case some new request comes in. If apache would spawn a new subprocess on each request it would be painfully slow. -- Christian Reiniger LGDC Webmaster (http://sunsite.dk/lgdc/) Pretty cool, the kind of power information technology puts in our hands these days. - Securityfocus on probing 36000000 hosts for known problems in 3 weeks