Re: Apache::GTopLimit

2002-05-21 Thread Perrin Harkins
Stas Bekman wrote: Hmm, when a new process starts it shares *everything* with the parent. Why do you say that it's not? It doesn't share everything with the parent. As soon as it forks there is unshared memory, and after the first request it handles there is usually more. Over time, the

Re: Apache::GTopLimit

2002-05-21 Thread Stas Bekman
Perrin Harkins wrote: Stas Bekman wrote: Hmm, when a new process starts it shares *everything* with the parent. Why do you say that it's not? It doesn't share everything with the parent. As soon as it forks there is unshared memory, and after the first request it handles there is

Re: Apache::GTopLimit

2002-05-21 Thread Perrin Harkins
Stas Bekman wrote: What you are saying is that when the server is started afresh, the newly started child processes share more memory with the parent, than newly started child processes some time later. Am I correct? Yes, exactly.

Re: Apache::GTopLimit

2002-05-21 Thread Gregory Matthews
Stas: Since you wrote the script, do you recommend some good default settings in GTopLimit to start with, i.e., use Apache::GTopLimit; Apache::GTopLimit-set_max_size(1); Apache::GTopLimit-set_min_shared_size(4000); Apache::GTopLimit-set_max_unshared_size(6000); $Apache::GTopLimit

Re: Apache::GTopLimit

2002-05-21 Thread Stas Bekman
Perrin Harkins wrote: Stas Bekman wrote: What you are saying is that when the server is started afresh, the newly started child processes share more memory with the parent, than newly started child processes some time later. Am I correct? Yes, exactly. Any ideas why? I always do a

Re: Apache::GTopLimit

2002-05-21 Thread Stas Bekman
are only examples. pretty much each setup is unique and there is no one-fit all setting. use Apache::GTopLimit; Apache::GTopLimit-set_max_size(1); Apache::GTopLimit-set_min_shared_size(4000); Apache::GTopLimit-set_max_unshared_size(6000); Use Apache::VMonitor and it'll give you a good

Re: Apache::GTopLimit

2002-05-21 Thread Perrin Harkins
Stas Bekman wrote: Perrin Harkins wrote: Stas Bekman wrote: What you are saying is that when the server is started afresh, the newly started child processes share more memory with the parent, than newly started child processes some time later. Am I correct? Yes, exactly. Any

Re: Apache::GTopLimit

2002-05-21 Thread Stas Bekman
Perrin Harkins wrote: Stas Bekman wrote: Perrin Harkins wrote: Stas Bekman wrote: What you are saying is that when the server is started afresh, the newly started child processes share more memory with the parent, than newly started child processes some time later. Am I correct? Any

Apache::GTopLimit

2002-05-20 Thread Gregory Matthews
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? If so, this sounds like a good alternative to setting a cron

Re: Apache::GTopLimit

2002-05-20 Thread Perrin Harkins
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

Re: Apache::GTopLimit

2002-05-20 Thread Gregory Matthews
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

Re: Apache::GTopLimit

2002-05-20 Thread Perrin Harkins
So to modify my previous question, other than the loss of some shared memory over time, GTopLimit will have the same effect as restarting the server? Yes. That shared memory is important though. On a side note, how are you tracking/discovering the this minimal loss over time?

Re: Apache::GTopLimit

2002-05-20 Thread Stas Bekman
Perrin Harkins wrote: 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

ANNOUNCE: Apache::GTopLimit v1.02

2002-03-19 Thread Stas Bekman
The uploaded file Apache-GTopLimit-1.02.tar.gz has entered CPAN as file: $CPAN/authors/id/S/ST/STAS/Apache-GTopLimit-1.02.tar.gz size: 5956 bytes md5: 6c1b4bc672eab5f025eb0889cc362ad4 Changes: * return DECLINED and not OK when not doing anything * made the request counter

[ANNOUNCE] Apache::GTopLimit v1.01

2002-03-13 Thread Stas Bekman
The uploaded file Apache-GTopLimit-1.01.tar.gz has entered CPAN as file: $CPAN/authors/id/S/ST/STAS/Apache-GTopLimit-1.01.tar.gz size: 5689 bytes md5: b2a6fc6b0ea01c6310b8e41480705486 Changes: =head1 ver 1.01 Thu Mar 14 13:53:16 SGT 2002 * add an unshared memory threshold

RE: ANNOUNCE: Apache::GTopLimit v1.0

2002-03-04 Thread Cahill, Earl
::GTopLimit v1.0 The uploaded file Apache-GTopLimit-1.0.tar.gz has entered CPAN as file: $CPAN/authors/id/S/ST/STAS/Apache-GTopLimit-1.0.tar.gz size: 5117 bytes md5: d1847eecbf8584ae04f9c0081e22897f =head1 ver 1.0 Wed Feb 20 11:54:23 SGT 2002 * making the DEBUG

Re: ANNOUNCE: Apache::GTopLimit v1.0

2002-03-04 Thread Stas Bekman
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 8:40 PM To: modperl list Subject: ANNOUNCE: Apache::GTopLimit v1.0 The uploaded file Apache-GTopLimit-1.0.tar.gz has entered CPAN as file: $CPAN/authors/id/S/ST/STAS/Apache-GTopLimit-1.0.tar.gz size: 5117 bytes md5

ANNOUNCE: Apache::GTopLimit v1.0

2002-02-28 Thread Stas Bekman
The uploaded file Apache-GTopLimit-1.0.tar.gz has entered CPAN as file: $CPAN/authors/id/S/ST/STAS/Apache-GTopLimit-1.0.tar.gz size: 5117 bytes md5: d1847eecbf8584ae04f9c0081e22897f =head1 ver 1.0 Wed Feb 20 11:54:23 SGT 2002 * making the DEBUG a constant variable, settable

ANNOUNCE: Apache::GTopLimit

2000-03-29 Thread Stas Bekman
Well, this module has been around for awhile, since mod_perl-1.22 is distributed as a separate package. Please allow a few hours before CPAN mirrors will get their copy before trying to download it. The uploaded file Apache-GTopLimit-0.01.tar.gz has entered CPAN as file: $CPAN/authors