From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Jan 31 15:34:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA19017 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 15:34:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.id.net (mail.id.net [199.125.1.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA18988 for ; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 15:33:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from server.id.net (server.id.net [199.125.2.20]) by mail.id.net (8.7.5/ID-Net) with ESMTP id SAA17745; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 18:38:06 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Shady Received: (from rls@localhost) by server.id.net (8.8.2/8.7.3) id SAA02048; Fri, 31 Jan 1997 18:34:38 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199701312334.SAA02048@server.id.net> Subject: Re: 300 000 hits / day In-Reply-To: from Network Coordinator at "Jan 31, 97 05:30:19 pm" To: nc@ai.net (Network Coordinator) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 18:34:38 -0500 (EST) Cc: rg@gds.de, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > For that reason I configured a new dual P5 with 2 x P5, 200 MHz > > (Gigabyte Board) with 3.0-972401-SNAP SMP. This is system has > > been running without any problem with about 50 virtual www servers and > > about 10 000 hits a day. > > > > I changed the values in kernel tha same way also on the new server: > > maxusers 100 > > options CHILD_MAX=512 > > options OPEN_MAX=512 > > > > Now, when I transfer the 300 000 hits server on this machine half of > > the CGIs can not be started. The error log of the server shows: > > #-------- > > [Fri Jan 31 19:09:00 1997] access to /usr/home/pdecker/cgi/show_dat.pl > > failed for c4.hrz.uni-giessen.de, reason: couldn't spawn child > > process > > #--------- > > The error log is full of theses messages. > > What else can be the cause that the server cannot start the child > > processes? I've had alot of problems with 3.0 Snaps and allocating memory. We tried running a large volume news server on it and it crashed quite frequently. You may want to try downgrading the OS & see if that fixes the problem, of course, you'll be SMP'less but... It will run. -- Rob === _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/ Innovative Data Services Serving South-Eastern Michigan Internet Service Provider / Hardware Sales / Consulting Services Voice: (810)855-0404 / Fax: (810)855-3268 / Web: http://www.id.net