rbowen 01/12/08 11:33:41
Modified: htdocs/manual/mod core.html.en
Log:
Added a brief comment about the maximum number of client connections,
after answering this question 4 times on c.i.w.servers.unix this week.
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@@ -2381,11 +2381,17 @@
busy sites. Setting this parameter to a large number is almost
always a bad idea.</p>
+ <p>Note that this is the maximum number of <em>spare</em> servers,
+ not the maximum total number of client requests that can be handled
+ at one time. If you wish to limit that number, see the <a
+ href="#maxclients">MaxClients</a> directive.</p>
+
<p>This directive has no effect when used with the Apache Web
server on a Microsoft Windows platform.</p>
- <p>See also <a href="#minspareservers">MinSpareServers</a> and
- <a href="#startservers">StartServers</a>.</p>
+ <p>See also <a href="#minspareservers">MinSpareServers</a>,
+ <a href="#startservers">StartServers</a>, and <a
+ href="#maxclients">MaxClients</a>.</p>
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@@ -2412,10 +2418,15 @@
busy sites. Setting this parameter to a large number is almost
always a bad idea.</p>
+ <p>Note that setting this directive to some value <i>m</i> ensures
+ that you will always have at least <i>n + m</i> <code>httpd</code>
+ processes running when you have <i>n</i> active client requests.</p>
+
<p>This directive has no effect on Microsoft Windows.</p>
- <p>See also <a href="#maxspareservers">MaxSpareServers</a> and
- <a href="#startservers">StartServers</a>.</p>
+ <p>See also <a href="#maxspareservers">MaxSpareServers</a>,
+ <a href="#startservers">StartServers</a>, and <a
+ href="#maxclients">MaxClients</a>.</p>
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