apache children waits for each other? (was: Re: web application speed problem)

Hi all, My mod_perl web app uses memcached to cache most of the (MySQL) database query results and as the session storage (Apache::Session::Memcached). When doing performance tests with httperf, I found that apache processes waits for each other. I mean: all requests are accepted (apache forks

RE: apache children waits for each other? (was: Re: web application speed problem)

UPDATE: I hadn't done much testing when I wrote this... Well, after a bit more testing they don't wait for each other apparently... Sorry for filling up your mailbox... But the actual question remains: How to optimize this web app? I'll send more questions later with more details... Thanks f