Limiting the number of processes and connections, Startservers, Threadsperchild – Oracle B12255-01 User Manual

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Limiting the Number of Processes and Connections

Managing Server Processes

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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

file.

StartServers

ThreadsPerChild

MaxClients

MaxRequestsPerChild

MaxSpareServers

MinSpareServers

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.

See Also:

"httpd.conf File Structure"

on page A-2

See Also:

“StartServers directive” in the Apache Server

documentation.

See Also:

“ThreadsPerChild directive” in the Apache Server

documentation.

See Also:

“MaxClients directive” in the Apache Server

documentation.

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