Re: os-linux/2774: Heavily loaded webserver stops accepting all connections after some time. (fwd)

[Dean Gaudet <dg...@arctic.org>]

The following reply was made to PR os-linux/2774; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Dean Gaudet <dg...@arctic.org>
To: apbugs@apache.org
Cc:  Subject: Re: os-linux/2774: Heavily loaded webserver stops accepting all connections after some time. (fwd)
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 11:22:53 -0700 (PDT)

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 The problem was not caused by Apache (and as far as I remember I've been in contact with someone from Apache about this). The problem was caused by insufficient buffering by the Linux kernel. Applying a patch to the (what was then 2.0.35 as the newest Li nux kernel available) kernel sources to increase TCP/IP buffering and max. number of sockets solved the problem.
 
 At the time of reporting Apache 1.3.1 was the newest Apache available, but the problem hasn't occured anymore since the kernel was patched.
 
 Arjan
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