@Peter Is there database access during this? I'm not sure, a few people mentioned checking this the next time it happened, so I will check
-What external dependencies are there (if any)? - Databases? There are some LOCAL database calls to MySQL running on the same server, that it all - External Calls? -Do you have high timeouts on anything? Not sure what you mean hear, when this happens pages take a VERY long time to load, if at all -Is it just very inefficient code? Not likely, the same code has been used on other machines withouh any problem. At this point (in my experience), if you do not see a clear indication of the issue in the apache logs, it's not apache. I have enabled forensic logging to help trace the problem the next time it happens. @Daniel Reinhardt I don't really think that CPU is the issue. As others have mentioned the hits are very low and I simply host a few blogs, some dev sites, and other misc things. I once ran an very popular game site (getting upwards of 1 million hits a month with a database back end) on a low-end Athlon XP processor with 768MB of RAM and it ran fine. It was Win 2000 running Xampp. I am running 64Bit Fedora currently but I don't believe that RAM is the issue either. I will be sure to block that IP address. @Nicholas Sherlock That is correct, I don't run anything very impressive at all, with the exception of a few domains, most of them don't even really have much if anything on them. The server handles mail also (though I just put mail on it a week or two ago, after the first time this happened) but it just forwarding them all to external addresses. @Justin Pasher I agree, I have run MUCH higher traffic on a much lower end machine. I truly do not believe the system spec to be the problem as the first time this happened there was only 2 web site on the box. @Eric Covener I completely agree, this does not seem to be from a lack of resources. Thanks, -- Dan http://www.moonlightrpg.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/danbunyard http://www.danodemano.com http://www.dansrandomness.com http://www.danandshelley.com This is not a problem that requires infinite wisdom, Benj. This is a problem that requires enough neural organization to qualify as a vertebrate, apparently a stretch for some folks these days. ~Cecil Adams. On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:18, <pmilan...@nypl.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Obviously not in this case as this person wouldn't ne here complaining > about > > > apache and its processes. The issue here is the CPU is too weak even > if it > > > is a 2.4Ghz processor. The E2220 isn't suitable for a server > processor. > > > Its strictly for home computing. I help remote administrate a server > that > > > supports 10 Domains and 5 E-Mail Servers that receive a whole lot more > > > traffic on a P3 933Mhz and these issues are not occurring there, and > the > > > settings for Apache are default. > > > > Having lots of processes hanging around doesn't imply high CPU usage > > or insufficient horsepower. > > > > Is there database access during this? High load is not indicative of the > CPU working hard. High load, in this case, is due to the CPU not getting > answers back fast enough, and processes queueing up (eventually shutting > down apache). It will consume all available threads (connections), then > start killing the box. > > -What external dependencies are there (if any)? > - Databases? > - External Calls? > > -Do you have high timeouts on anything? > > -Is it just very inefficient code? > > At this point (in my experience), if you do not see a clear indication of > the issue in the apache logs, it's not apache. > > Peter J. Milanese > > > -- > > Eric Covener > > cove...@gmail.com > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server > Project. > > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > >