[deployment-guide/comm-rel: 617/727] Updated the MaxClients directive description.
Jaromir Hradilek
jhradile at fedoraproject.org
Tue Oct 19 13:17:29 UTC 2010
commit b939e6edacfb56f4c631a74521aa183256a5affa
Author: Jaromir Hradilek <jhradile at redhat.com>
Date: Tue Sep 7 17:25:23 2010 +0200
Updated the MaxClients directive description.
en-US/The_Apache_HTTP_Server.xml | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/en-US/The_Apache_HTTP_Server.xml b/en-US/The_Apache_HTTP_Server.xml
index d007d40..9c8bec7 100644
--- a/en-US/The_Apache_HTTP_Server.xml
+++ b/en-US/The_Apache_HTTP_Server.xml
@@ -2706,12 +2706,24 @@ ErrorDocument 404 /404-not_found.html</screen>
<para>
The following MPM directives are commonly used in <filename>/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf</filename>:
</para>
- <formalpara id="s3-apache-maxclients">
- <title>MaxClients</title>
- <para>
- <command>MaxClients</command> sets a limit on the total number of server processes, or simultaneously connected clients, that can run at one time. The main purpose of this directive is to keep a runaway Apache HTTP Server from crashing the operating system. For busy servers this value should be set to a high value. The server's default is set to 150 regardless of the MPM in use. However, it is not recommended that the value for <command>MaxClients</command> exceeds <command>256</command> when using the <command>prefork</command> MPM.
- </para>
- </formalpara>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>MaxClients</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The <option>MaxClients</option> directive allows you to specify the maximum number of simultaneously connected clients to process at one time. It takes the following form:
+ </para>
+ <screen>MaxClients <replaceable>number</replaceable></screen>
+ <para>
+ A high <replaceable>number</replaceable> can improve the performance of the server, although it is not recommended to exceed <literal>256</literal> when using the <systemitem class="resource">prefork</systemitem> MPM.
+ </para>
+ <example id="example-apache-mpm-maxclients">
+ <title>Using the <option>MaxClients</option> directive</title>
+ <screen>MaxClients 256</screen>
+ </example>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
<formalpara id="s3-apache-maxrequestsperchild">
<title>MaxRequestsPerChild</title>
<para>
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