[users@httpd] figuring out bad httpd processes

[Peter Unmack <pe...@unmack.net>]

G'day folks

I am running apache 2.0.49 on hp-ux 11.0.  The server just parses simple
straight forward plain html files with nothing fancy on any of the pages
(a couple of simple bits of java code).  I noticed that when I upgraded
from apache 1.3 that I started having problems with the server crashing.
Seems like individual httpd processes would get hung on something, suck up
massive system resources, and eventually the whole program would crash
requiring a manual restart.  Is there a way I can figure out what is
causing this to crash?  I paid closer attention to the last hung process
and using a calculator back calculated what time the event that hung it
happened, but could find nothing astray in the error or access log files
(eg, there was nothing atypical going on around that time).  My guess is
that there is probably a more accurate way of figuring this out.  At this
stage the only other option I can see is setting up a cron job to stop and
start apache every day to avoid the server being down without me knowing
it (or go back to using 1.3 which ran flawlessly for months without
restart).  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  (Oh, and I did
try searching the archives for clues, but didn't come across anything
obvious).

Thanks
Peter J Unmack
School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
PO BOX 874601
Tempe AZ 85287-4601, USA
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