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 Posted by Bret Hughes on 06/13/13 11:05 
On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 10:17, Richard Lynch wrote: 
> Bret Hughes wrote: 
> > As I begin to write this I wonder if this really an apache issue but 
> > will ask here to see if anyone has some idea. 
> > 
> > We have a php interface to our system running apache 2 on fedora 1 box. 
> > One page calls a script that does a system() call on a script that runs 
> > for several minutes.  The issue is that no other calls to the server 
> > will return from the client until the script returns.  I like the 
>  
> >From the *same* browser? 
>  
> Cuz, like, some browsers only allow one connection at a time, others limit 
> it to 4, some let you configure it, some don't... 
>  
> Check your browser settings or try a different browser to access other 
> content while the first browser plugs away at the slow stuff. 
>  
> You can also throw something like Apache Benchmark at your server to see 
> if the children are behaving.  It should be pretty apparent if things are 
> out of whack with that, I should think. 
>  
> > ability to watch the progress of this script but is suppose I can send 
> > the output to a file and occasionally retrieve the contents of the file 
> > but that seems really inefficient.  If there is another way to have 
> > apache process additional requests, from the same client, that would be 
> > a good thing.  As far as  can tell, the same apache process is is used 
> > each time, but i am having trouble verifying that to my satisfaction. 
>  
> Always seems to me like the same child will get used unless you actually 
> manage to get TWO requests through at the same time. 
>  
> Presumably, this is more efficient, as it avoids having to page memory to 
> swap in another child. 
>  
> > All work is done in https and there is extensive use of php sessions on 
> > the system if that makes a difference. 
>  
> Shouldn't matter, I don't think. 
>  
 
Thanks for the reply.  It turns out that it was session usage.  See my 
other post if you haven't already. 
 
Bret 
 
 
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