MaxRequestsPerChild

The maximum number of requests a page server will handle before it commits suicide.

Synopsis

The value is expected to be a positive integer.  The default is 50.

Scope

This directive is only available for use in the global (interchange.cfg) configuration file, and will affect all websites running under the Interchange installation.  It will not work in a website's local (catalog.cfg) configuration file. 

Description

The maximum number of requests a page server will handle before it commits suicide and is replaced with a fresh page server.  This periodic page server respawn helps mitigate possible runaway memory leaks.

If this directive is not specified, and Interchange is run in PreFork mode, then each page server will handle 50 requests before being respawned.

Note This directive is only used in PreFork mode, where replacement page servers are spawned automatically.