docs/manual/mod/beos.xml

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<name>beos</name>
<description>This Multi-Processing Module is optimized for BeOS.</description>
<status>MPM</status>
<sourcefile>beos.c</sourcefile>
<identifier>mpm_beos_module</identifier>

<summary>
    <p>This Multi-Processing Module (MPM) is the default for BeOS. It uses
      a single control process which creates threads to handle requests.</p>
</summary>
<seealso><a href="../bind.html">Setting which addresses and ports Apache
uses</a></seealso>

<directivesynopsis location="mpm_common"><name>User</name>
</directivesynopsis>
<directivesynopsis location="mpm_common"><name>Group</name>
</directivesynopsis>
<directivesynopsis location="mpm_common"><name>Listen</name>
</directivesynopsis>
<directivesynopsis location="mpm_common"><name>ListenBacklog</name>
</directivesynopsis>
<directivesynopsis location="mpm_common"><name>SendBufferSize</name>
</directivesynopsis>
<directivesynopsis location="mpm_common"><name>StartThreads</name>
</directivesynopsis>
<directivesynopsis location="mpm_common"><name>MinSpareThreads</name>
</directivesynopsis>
<directivesynopsis location="mpm_common"><name>MaxSpareThreads</name>
</directivesynopsis>
<directivesynopsis location="mpm_common"><name>MaxClients</name>
</directivesynopsis>
<directivesynopsis location="mpm_common"><name>CoreDumpDirectory</name>
</directivesynopsis>
<directivesynopsis location="mpm_common"><name>MaxMemFree</name>
</directivesynopsis>
<directivesynopsis location="mpm_common"><name>PidFile</name>
</directivesynopsis>
<directivesynopsis location="mpm_common"><name>ScoreBoardFile</name>
</directivesynopsis>

<directivesynopsis>
<name>MaxRequestsPerThread</name>
<description>Limit on the number of requests that an individual thread
will handle during its life</description>
<syntax>MaxRequestsPerThread <var>number</var></syntax>
<default>MaxRequestsPerThread 0</default>
<contextlist><context>server config</context></contextlist>

<usage>
    <p>The <directive>MaxRequestsPerThread</directive> directive sets
    the limit on the number of requests that an individual server thread
    will handle. After <directive>MaxRequestsPerThread</directive>
    requests, the thread will die. If <directive
    >MaxRequestsPerThread</directive> is <code>0</code>, then the thread
    will never expire.</p>

    <p>Setting <directive>MaxRequestsPerThread</directive> to a
    non-zero limit has two beneficial effects:</p>

    <ul>
      <li>it limits the amount of memory that a thread can consume
      by (accidental) memory leakage;</li>

      <li>by giving threads a finite lifetime, it helps reduce
      the number of threads when the server load reduces.</li>
    </ul>

    <note><title>Note:</title>
      <p>For <directive module="core">KeepAlive</directive> requests, only
      the first request is counted towards this limit. In effect, it
      changes the behavior to limit the number of <em>connections</em>
      per thread.</p>
    </note>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>

</modulesynopsis>