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- <modulesynopsis metafile="mpm_netware.xml.meta">
- <name>mpm_netware</name>
- <description>Multi-Processing Module implementing an exclusively threaded web
- server optimized for Novell NetWare</description>
- <status>MPM</status>
- <sourcefile>mpm_netware.c</sourcefile>
- <identifier>mpm_netware_module</identifier>
-
- <summary>
- <p>This Multi-Processing Module (MPM) implements an exclusively
- threaded web server that has been optimized for Novell
- NetWare.</p>
-
- <p>The main thread is responsible for launching child
- worker threads which listen for connections and serve them when they
- arrive. Apache always tries to maintain several <dfn>spare</dfn>
- or idle worker threads, which stand ready to serve incoming
- requests. In this way, clients do not need to wait for a new
- child threads to be spawned before their requests can be
- served.</p>
-
- <p>The <directive module="mpm_common">StartThreads</directive>,
- <directive module="mpm_common">MinSpareThreads</directive>,
- <directive module="mpm_common">MaxSpareThreads</directive>, and
- <directive module="mpm_netware">MaxThreads</directive>
- regulate how the main thread creates worker threads to serve
- requests. In general, Apache is very self-regulating, so most
- sites do not need to adjust these directives from their default
- values. Sites with limited memory may need to decrease <directive
- module="mpm_netware">MaxThreads</directive> to keep the server from
- thrashing (spawning and terminating idle threads). More information
- about tuning process creation is provided in the <a
- href="../misc/perf-tuning.html">performance hints</a>
- documentation.</p>
-
- <p><directive module="mpm_common">MaxRequestsPerChild</directive>
- controls how frequently the server recycles processes by killing old
- ones and launching new ones. On the NetWare OS it is highly
- recommended that this directive remain set to 0. This allows worker
- threads to continue servicing requests indefinitely.</p>
- </summary>
- <seealso><a href="../bind.html">Setting which addresses and
- ports Apache uses</a>
- </seealso>
-
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common"><name>Listen</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common"><name>ListenBacklog</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common"><name>MaxMemFree</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common"><name>MaxRequestsPerChild</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common"><name>SendBufferSize</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common"><name>MaxSpareThreads</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common"><name>MinSpareThreads</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
- <directivesynopsis location="mpm_common"><name>StartThreads</name>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>MaxThreads</name>
- <description>Set the maximum number of worker threads</description>
- <syntax>MaxThreads <var>number</var></syntax>
- <default>MaxThreads 2048</default>
- <contextlist><context>server config</context></contextlist>
-
- <usage>
- <p>The <directive>MaxThreads</directive> directive sets the desired
- maximum number worker threads allowable. The default value is
- also the compiled in hard limit. Therefore it can only be lowered,
- for example:</p>
-
- <example>
- MaxThreads 512
- </example>
- </usage>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>ThreadStackSize</name>
- <description>Determine the stack size for each thread</description>
- <syntax>ThreadStackSize <var>number</var></syntax>
- <default>ThreadStackSize 65536</default>
- <contextlist><context>server config</context></contextlist>
-
- <usage>
- <p>This directive tells the server what stack size to use for
- each of the running threads. If you ever get a stack overflow
- you will need to bump this number to a higher setting.</p>
- </usage>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- </modulesynopsis>
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