max_request

Luo, Frank Y.F. Mr. luoy at muohio.edu
Fri May 11 20:45:29 CEST 2012


I will read the logs - but what I look for in the log?

I already set it to a large value and don't expect problem but i wan to verify that by either find the "active" request number or look for something in log to make sure it  is / is not this max_request problem.

THanks

Frank


On May 11, 2012, at 2:39 PM, Alan DeKok wrote:

> Luo, Frank Y.F. Mr. wrote:
>> are you sure? 
>> 
>> Then how do i know I run out of request number and need to increase it?
> 
>  You read the logs.
> 
>  You CANNOT increase it while the server is running.
> 
>  The best approach is to set it to a large value, and ignore it.  If
> you get errors in the logs about "max_requests", it means that something
> is catastrophically wrong.  Increasing "max_requests" WILL NOT HELP.
> 
>  You will need to fix the underlying problem: usually a slow / broken
> database.
> 
>  Alan DeKok.
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