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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!EU.net!sun4nl!fido.news.demon.net!demon!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!netkonect!eros.clara.net!news From: steve@clara.net (Steve Rawlinson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Unexplained CPU usage on Apache httpd Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 13:03:07 GMT Message-ID: <337714ae.354003516@news.clara.net> References: <33731156.1E6F@chesapeake.net> <33734b1f.105758849@news.clara.net> <33774d27.92779299@news.callnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: achilles.clara.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.1/32.230 Lines: 24 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6857 matt@callnet.com (Matthew Ahrens) wrote: >actually, this is a documented bug between apache and BSDI. if one of >the apache server processes is not used (ie. no hits) in a long time >(like 12 hours or something) then it will *appear* to get stuck and >add one to your load. however, it does not degrade system performance. > >the guys at BSDI said they are working on this but it is low priority >since it's just a "cosmetic" bug. (maybe it is fixed in beta 10, don't >know). No, I am aware of this problem (which is only a minor inconvenience). The problem described here is very real CPU usage which on one occasion put the server load average up to 23. Steve ------ Steve Rawlinson ClaraNet Ltd steve@clara.net 0171 647 1000