note McA <p>Hi!</p> <p>The simplest solution is to let Apache handle it: There is a configuration parameter MaxRequestsPerChild. On default installations it's set relativly high. Tweak it for you mod_perl centric processes.</p> <p>Look at http://perl.apache.org/docs/1.0/guide/performance.html#Measuring_the_Memory_of_the_Process for some hints on memory usage.</p> <p>Look for documentation of <code>$r->child_terminate</code>. With that method you can force the Apache child to exit gracefully at the end of the whole request lifetime. Combined with a process global counter you could implement an own controlled way of exiting after an certain count of requests. With this way you could be sure that a certain amount of perl handled requests were served (using Apache for static and dynamic content).</p> <p>Best regards<br/> McA</p> <p>P.S.: mod_perl mailing list is the right target for these questions. Thorsten Förtsch regularly answer fast and very competent. (http://foertsch.name/)</p> 998686 998686