hi Joshua, is this your recommended setup when using Apache::ASP or is this for mod_perl in general? if it's for Apache::ASP, do you have a sample CPU limit script and/or watchdog? thanks! remi --- Joshua Chamas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stas, > > I use Apache::Resource to set a CPU limit, that only > a > runaway process would hit so the random killer > process > doesn't accumulate and take down my system. I have > MaxRequestsPerChild set to a few hundred and have > found > empirically that they don't tend to take more than > 10 > seconds of CPU time for normal use, so I give a CPU > limit of 20-30 seconds for all my httpds. > > I also run a monitor program that watchdogs the > server every 20-30 seconds and restarts it if > response time is ever too low, just in case other > odd things go wrong. It just does a graceful > restart, I haven't needed to fix a problem with a > full stop / start yet. > ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com