On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Dino B. <mypascal2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Apache experts, > > This is my first post to an Apache group, so please bear with me. I am > also new to Apache in general. > > My understanding is that under windows, there should be only 2 httpd > processes once I start my Apache server (version 2.2). One parent and one > child. The child then spawns multiple threads to handle incoming requests. > > However, I have seen cases where I had up to 8 or so httpd processes > showing in Windows Task Manager. > Are 7 a child of the same parent httpd.exe process? If you have MaxRequestsPerChild set to non-zero, you can have multiple children even on Windows, while older processes finish serving lengthy requests. > > I have been using an Apache module acting as server (written in Delphi) to > service request from devices. > > Its always possible that third-party modules create their own child processes. mod_status might show helpful information, but ISTR that httpd 2.2 on Windows doesn't show the various process ids when there's more than one child. I'm not sure. > Much appreciated > _db_ > -- Born in Roswell... married an alien... http://emptyhammock.com/ http://edjective.org/
