Hi all, I'm not exactly new to Apache but there are some things that I'd like to ask about, which I haven't been able to google with decent results.
So, I just noticed Apache doesn't handle multiple connections very well(like 1000) and it uses a lot of memory with our PHP and Rails apps. I've limited the system to be able to handle about 2000 connections but since I haven't tested it exhaustively, I may have to cut on that a bit to ensure there's always available mem to use. The question is, how can I know that Apache is not serving enough connections, for instance, if it hits the limit I would like to be able to e-mail myself to know that it needs tuning or a server upgrade. Does this show up on logs or can I program some kind of action to do it? I can implement scripting to do this but need to find a way that Apache warns about this, if at all. Or am I limited to periodically scanning the number of processes running and e-mail when it hits a certain level? Some insight on this is greatly appreciated. Thanks. Best regards, Tiago Marques
