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mod/prefork.html

In mod/prefork.html in the 2.0 docs, the following is stated:

The StartServers, MinSpareServers, MaxSpareServers, and MaxServers
regulate how the parent process creates children to serve requests.

Is this a typo, or is there a MaxServers directive somewhere that I'm
not aware of? I know about MaxClients, and I assume that this is what
was meant, but I wanted to make sure.

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Re: mod/prefork.html

Posted by Rich Bowen <rb...@rcbowen.com>.
On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, Ryan Bloom wrote:

> On Sunday 16 September 2001 01:00 pm, Rich Bowen wrote:
> > In mod/prefork.html in the 2.0 docs, the following is stated:
> >
> > The StartServers, MinSpareServers, MaxSpareServers, and MaxServers
> > regulate how the parent process creates children to serve requests.
> >
> > Is this a typo, or is there a MaxServers directive somewhere that I'm
> > not aware of? I know about MaxClients, and I assume that this is what
> > was meant, but I wanted to make sure.
>
> It's a typo,  that should be MaxClients

OK, fixed.

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Rich Bowen - rbowen@rcbowen.com
As we trace our own few circles around the sun
We get it backwards and our seven years go by like one
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Re: mod/prefork.html

Posted by Ryan Bloom <rb...@covalent.net>.
On Sunday 16 September 2001 01:00 pm, Rich Bowen wrote:
> In mod/prefork.html in the 2.0 docs, the following is stated:
>
> The StartServers, MinSpareServers, MaxSpareServers, and MaxServers
> regulate how the parent process creates children to serve requests.
>
> Is this a typo, or is there a MaxServers directive somewhere that I'm
> not aware of? I know about MaxClients, and I assume that this is what
> was meant, but I wanted to make sure.

It's a typo,  that should be MaxClients

Ryan

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Covalent Technologies			rbb@covalent.net
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Re: mod/prefork.html

Posted by Cliff Woolley <cl...@yahoo.com>.
On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, Ryan Bloom wrote:

> > Yes, it should be MaxClients.  I think the name is ridiculously
> > inconsistent with its meaning on MPMs other than prefork, but then that
> > problem has been discussed ad nauseum and I don't think we've ever come to
> > a consensus on what it should really be called.
>
> It should be MaxClients on all MPMs, but it should be fixed to be the
> maximum number of clients that can connect at one time.  The problem
> is the implementation, not the name IMHO.

I can live with that.  All I care is that the name is consistent with the
functionality.

--Cliff

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   Cliff Woolley
   cliffwoolley@yahoo.com
   Charlottesville, VA



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Re: mod/prefork.html

Posted by Ryan Bloom <rb...@covalent.net>.
On Sunday 16 September 2001 01:19 pm, Cliff Woolley wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, Rich Bowen wrote:
> > In mod/prefork.html in the 2.0 docs, the following is stated:
> >
> > The StartServers, MinSpareServers, MaxSpareServers, and MaxServers
> > regulate how the parent process creates children to serve requests.
> >
> > Is this a typo, or is there a MaxServers directive somewhere that I'm
> > not aware of? I know about MaxClients, and I assume that this is what
> > was meant, but I wanted to make sure.
>
> Yes, it should be MaxClients.  I think the name is ridiculously
> inconsistent with its meaning on MPMs other than prefork, but then that
> problem has been discussed ad nauseum and I don't think we've ever come to
> a consensus on what it should really be called.

It should be MaxClients on all MPMs, but it should be fixed to be the maximum
number of clients that can connect at one time.  The problem is the implementation,
not the name IMHO.

Ryan

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Covalent Technologies			rbb@covalent.net
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Re: mod/prefork.html

Posted by Cliff Woolley <cl...@yahoo.com>.
On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, Rich Bowen wrote:

> In mod/prefork.html in the 2.0 docs, the following is stated:
>
> The StartServers, MinSpareServers, MaxSpareServers, and MaxServers
> regulate how the parent process creates children to serve requests.
>
> Is this a typo, or is there a MaxServers directive somewhere that I'm
> not aware of? I know about MaxClients, and I assume that this is what
> was meant, but I wanted to make sure.

Yes, it should be MaxClients.  I think the name is ridiculously
inconsistent with its meaning on MPMs other than prefork, but then that
problem has been discussed ad nauseum and I don't think we've ever come to
a consensus on what it should really be called.

--Cliff

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   Cliff Woolley
   cliffwoolley@yahoo.com
   Charlottesville, VA




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