> Does using the Apache::GTopLimit module have the same net effect as > restarting the server itself by simply killing off the actual processes > which are growing beyond the set threshold, and thereby causing new > processes to be born?
It does kill off processes that are getting too big, and you definitely should use either GtopLimit or SizeLimit to get the most out of your server. However, it's not quite the same thing as a restart. Over time, some of the shared memory from the parent process appears to become unshared, and new processes that are spawned start out with less shared memory because of this. Restarting now and then takes care of this problem. - Perrin
