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(Apache/PHP/MySQL related) Looking for info on PROCESSES= config.sys statement

Started by RobertM, 2010.04.12, 21:45:07

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RobertM

Will do... running around today, but will get it posted tomorrow. On a related note, for some odd reason (perhaps something I installed?) I found the following in my config.sys file:

 SET SHELLHANDLESINC=20

THAT bit of nastiness was causing all sorts of issues when I tried adding a new virtual host to the virtual hosts config file. A (paraphrased, not in front of the machine) "cannot load mime.types - file not found" issue. Remove the new host, works. Add any new host, Apache fails with that error. I'm wondering (ie: strongly suspecting) that it was also the cause of the occasional blank page being served. And possibly some of the weird MySQL corruption issues of the past (which increasing thread concurrency minimized but did not eliminate). I've changed the value to 80, added back the new domain name (and others) and things are running smoothly.

So, note to those running Apache/2:
Check your config.sys file for that statement. The following is true:

  • It should NOT be set low. I am safely using a value of 80 on a very busy server (Star Trek Phase 2 and numerous Wordpress blogs... 17 or so total).
  • If it does NOT exist, you can safely add it to any relatively up to date OS/2 Warp 4 or later (including eCS anyversion)
  • If memory serves, various versions of OS/2 default to different values if no value is set in the config.sys file - which brings us to my 2nd point above.


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abwillis

 SET SHELLHANDLESINC=80 is what I have used as a minimum setting even on my laptops for many years but I can't say for certain on the systems we were looking at this thread about.  Just double checked and was told he's been running 120 for some time now.

Ben


I've had it set at
SET SHELLHANDLESINC=20 for some time now, without any issues.

I'm running about five sites from my server.

I changed it to 80 as you suggested and I'll see if anything changes.

If you don't hear back from me then nothing noticeable occurred.


RobertM

I think it becomes a problem only when:
(1) you pass 13-16 sites and/or
(2) PHP or other spawned handlers hit the 13-16 handle limit of what remains of the 20


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