Request timed out error on hp apache 2.0.28 on hpux 11i

[Shivkumar]

Dear Sirs,

We are using HP Apache 2.0.48 on hpux 11i. We see sometime the error message in the error_log as "server reached MaxClients setting, consider raising the MaxClients setting". This causes loss of connection to the clients, Connection timed out and approximately 102 TIME_WAIT in "netstat- an" output. I am thinking to increase kernel setting "MaxClients" to 256. At the same time i saw the settings in httpd.conf for the parameter "StartServers" as 2.

We get 96,000 hits per day to our site. The other settings are as shown below:

StartServers 2
MaxClients 150
MinSpareThreads 25
MaxSpareThreads 75
ThreadsPerChild 25

I am thinking to raise the new settings of "StartServers 5" and "MaxClients 256".

Any suggestion and help would be appreciable.

Thanks,
Shiv

[RAC_1]

May be following doc will help you.

[Shivkumar]

Hi RAC; There is no attached document for this. Thanks.

[RAC_1]

http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/webservers/apache/techtips/hpapache_20_perf.html

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/perf-tuning.html