os-windows/3599: Apache hangs after heavy/long usage

[Steve Etzell <et...@mindframe.com>]

>Number:         3599
>Category:       os-windows
>Synopsis:       Apache hangs after heavy/long usage
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Dec 28 08:20:00 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     etzell@mindframe.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3b6
>Environment:
Using WinNT with sp4.  Dell PowerEdge2300 5Gb HD, 512Mb RAM.
>Description:
Apache is being used with Cold Fusion to server a high traffic commerce
site.  This site easily saturates a T1 line with traffic.  We started
using apache over Netscape Enterprise 3.5.1 for performance reasons.
I originally configed apache with MaxRequestsPerChild set to 300000.
Apache hung when it hit about 30000.  I set MaxRequestsPerChild to 0
and the apache worked fine for about a day and a half.  It never totaly
hung but most people got a 'server too busy' response.  Stop and
start the apache process and everything was fine.

I saw a bugreport about the MaxRequestsPerChild.  I only mentioned
it becuase the server hang for the MaxRequestsPerChild is exactly
the same as the hang over extended use.
>How-To-Repeat:
set MaxRequestsPerChild to anything but 0 or Use the site under
heavy traffic with cold fusion for a while.
>Fix:
No
>Audit-Trail:
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