Apache uses a set of values called the Prefork MPM to determine how many servers it will utilize and how many threads each server can process. Out of the box all Apache installations use the same values regardless of whether your server has 512Mb of RAM or 8Gb of RAM. It is important that as the server administrator you configure these values to work with your server load.
The Apache Prefork MPM can be found in the Apache configuration file; usually /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf. The default values are…
StartServers 2
MinSpareServers 3
MaxSpareServers 3
ServerLimit 75
MaxClients 75
MaxRequestsPerChild 1000
Each Directive taken from “http://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/mod/mpm_common.html” is detailed below. 继续阅读Tuning the Apache Prefork MPM