Re[2]: [users@httpd] busy servers and no of connections

[John <is...@cc.uoi.gr>]

From: PMilanese@nypl.org <PM...@nypl.org>
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2005, 9:34:03 PM
Subject: [users@httpd] busy servers and no of connections



  Tuesday, March 22, 2005, 9:34:03 PM, you wrote:

  > To add a bit more:

>         "How many connections can my xyz handle 'DOING ABC'?". This can
> vary differently enough to make anybody's assumptions completely out of
> the ballpark. More or less, you need to me much more specific with your
> question. Most times, you won't get numbers from us anyhow. More-so you
> will find that we can tell you why you're not getting the performance you
> want, or something like that. If you just want to know that apache is
> reliable and scaleable, look up general benchmarks as dant says. Keep in
> mind. They are general bookmarks. They are not your application. The only
> accurate numbers you can go by are your own application benchmarks.

> P  

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: info@hostinthebox.net [mailto:info@hostinthebox.net]
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 12:34 PM
>> To: users@httpd.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: [users@httpd] busy servers and no of connections
>> 
>> John wrote:
>> > Hello
>> >
>> > How many connections can handle a busy server?
>> >
>> >
>> 
>> I think that's the other way around:  "How many connections can a busy
>> server handle?"
>> 
>> And to answer that, it depends entirely on the type of system that yo
>> uare running.  I've had Apache doing over 1,000 simultaneous connections
>> without a sweat, on an AMD Sempron 2400 w/1G RAM and U166 SCSI disks,
>> with some slight modification.
>> 
>> So I think a better question would be "How many connections can my
>> server handle?  It is a xxx yyy zzz".  With that, we can better help
>> you.  YOu can also find many benchmark reports with a quick google, and
>> you will find that Apache is a very robust server.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> -dant
>> 
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Well my hardware specs are

Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz, MemTotal:       247732 kB
,SwapTotal:     1052248 kB, Hard disk IDE 30 GB.

in the httpd.conf

MaxKeepAliveRequests 100
KeepAlive On
KeepAliveTimeout 15
MinSpareServers 5
MaxSpareServers 10
StartServers 5
MaxClients 150
MaxRequestsPerChild 0




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