Limiting The Number Of Processes And Connections; Startservers; Threadsperchild; Maxclients - Oracle HTTP Server B12255-01 Administrator's Manual

Limiting the Number of Processes and Connections

The following directives control and limit the number of child processes or
simultaneous requests. They are located in the "Global Environment" of the
httpd.conf
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StartServers

Sets the number of child server processes created when Oracle HTTP Server is
started. The default is set at 5. This is applicable to UNIX only.

ThreadsPerChild

Controls the maximum number of child threads handling requests. The default is
set at 50. This is applicable to Windows only.

MaxClients

Limits the number of requests that can be dealt with at one time. The default and
recommended value is 150. This is applicable to UNIX only.
file.
"httpd.conf File Structure"
See Also:
StartServers
ThreadsPerChild
MaxClients
MaxRequestsPerChild
MaxSpareServers
MinSpareServers
"StartServers directive" in the Apache Server
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documentation.
"ThreadsPerChild directive" in the Apache Server
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documentation.
"MaxClients directive" in the Apache Server
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documentation.
Limiting the Number of Processes and Connections
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Managing Server Processes 4-5