How to Increase Apache Request Per Second ?
How to Increase Apache Request Per Second ? By default, Apache web server is configured to support 160 requests per second. As your website traffic increases, Apache will start dropping additional requests and this will spoil customer experience. Here’s how to increase Apache requests per second. 1. Install MPM module We need to install MPM Apache module to be able to increase Apache requests per second. You can use mpm_worker or mpm_event module for this, instead of mpm_prefork module which consumes a lot of memory. You can easily install MPM module in Apache with following command For CentOS7/RHEL7 : Adjust /etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/00-mpm.conf Comment the line LoadModule mpm_prefork_module modules/mod_mpm_prefork.so by adding # in front of it. Uncomment the line LoadModule mpm_worker_module modules/mod_mpm_worker.so by removing # in front of it. For Ubuntu/Debian : Use a2dismod / a2enmod to disable mpm_prefork and enable mpm_worker 2. Increase Max Connections in Apache Open MP