Apache web server uses 100% CPU

Gregor Ronald

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Jun 5, 2001, 9:43:16 PM6/5/01

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Been trying to find an answer to this on the web, but I don't have enough
years available;

We run a Windows2000 server withApache web server, serving up a
course-presentation application that presents lessons, tests, etc. Every
week or so the server bogs down and we find Apache is using about 98% of the
CPU cycles. We stop & restart the service and all is happy. I've been
through log files etc to see if any funny events are triggering this, but no
luck so far.

Has anyone had experience of this happening? Did you find a cause, a fix, or
both?

Cheers,
Gregor

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Kristofer Clayton

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Jun 6, 2001, 1:55:43 AM6/6/01

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On Wed, 6 Jun 2001 13:43:16 +1200, "Gregor Ronald"
<g.ro...@it.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:

>We run a Windows2000 server withApache web server, serving up a
>course-presentation application that presents lessons, tests, etc. Every
>week or so the server bogs down and we find Apache is using about 98% of the
>CPU cycles. We stop & restart the service and all is happy. I've been
>through log files etc to see if any funny events are triggering this, but no
>luck so far.

Could be Windows. I don't have a problem with Apache under Linux.
Specifically, do you run any CGI scripts or anything like that. Could
e a CGI EXE or something locking up or going in an endless loop?

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thing

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Jun 6, 2001, 3:35:48 AM6/6/01

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i run apache for hundreds of days with no problems, however the apache
code is ported to win2k so it could be the port or win2k itself.

Is this the latest copy? try downloading the latest apache.

regards,

Thing

Patrick Dunford

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Jun 6, 2001, 3:27:41 AM6/6/01

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On Wed, 6 Jun 2001 13:43:16 +1200 AD in nz.comp, Gregor Ronald said:

>Been trying to find an answer to this on the web, but I don't have enough
>years available;
>
>We run a Windows2000 server withApache web server, serving up a
>course-presentation application that presents lessons, tests, etc. Every
>week or so the server bogs down and we find Apache is using about 98% of the
>CPU cycles. We stop & restart the service and all is happy. I've been
>through log files etc to see if any funny events are triggering this, but no
>luck so far.
>
>Has anyone had experience of this happening? Did you find a cause, a fix, or
>both?

Well no comment except that Apache recommend version 2.0 for Windows
systems. Versions before 2.0 were not guaranteed to be reliable, eh?

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Gregor Ronald

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Jul 1, 2001, 5:53:06 AM7/1/01

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I'm downing the server & installing Apache v1.14 on Tuesday (current version
is 1.9). I know there's a 1.20 released but the application software support
say 1.14 cures this - apparently it's a known issue if you ask, or a deep
dark secret if you don't. Watch this space, and thanks for the comments.

Gregor

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Gregor Ronald

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Jul 4, 2001, 11:32:13 PM7/4/01

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A bit early to be sure, no major load on the system as it's holiday week.
The upgrade to Apache 1.14 went fine, so maybe we're past the bad patch.

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