Well, I guess I should specifically say that these processes get larger only when they've got CPU activity associated. That would mean that more compiled code is being loaded into memory associated with the httpd process, right?

Also, the associated PDFs are not huge (max 10MB) and the scripts that generate our application are usually around half a MB, but we have one that's about 10MB.

Since we're talking a lot of Apache configuration, I'll pose a couple of related questions:

MaxRequestsPerChild, when reached, causes the httpd process to terminate and if the load is high enough, another httpd process will start up, correct?

Does anyone have any idea how long it would normally take to start up a new process? My boss seems to think that it's up to 20 seconds and that starting a new child is a VERY expensive operation.

This server is a fairly decent machine though: 3GHz Xeon Dual Core, 4GB. It runs both Apache and MySQL for a few hundred users, but from what I've read, people who know configuration can get away with much, MUCH less...

In reply to Re^2: Perl and Apache 1.3 by Heffstar
in thread Perl and Apache 1.3 by Heffstar

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