FC2 and Apache 2.0.49

[PIGNOL, Christian]

Hello everybody,

I have some trouble with my apache server ... 

My server is HP Proliant DL580G2 (2 Gb memory) running FC2 with kernel
2.6.6-1.435.2.1.smp (compiled from the fedora ".src.rpm" on this system).

My Apache Server is the 2.0.49-4 (coming with the FC2). He starts fine with
initially 32 httpd process ...and during the apache's life the number of
httpd process go higher (up to 80-90) and reduce automatically when the
activity go back to a lower level ... Normal !

But ... 
Around 2 or 3 weeks later (approximatively), the number of httpd processes
grows suddenly to reach 350-400 processes !
At this point, every new user request is rejected but all the existing
requests works fine ... The server isn't over memory ... Just 5-10 % used.
If I do a "service httpd stop" the respons is "OK" ... but some httpd
process are allways present and ... unfortunately uninterruptible !

Every "kill -9 pid" or a "killall httpd" can't kill them and a "service httd
start" isn't possible.

The only way I have to return to a normal situation is a server reboot.

Thanks for any help.

Christian




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