The MaxRequestsPerThread directive sets
the limit on the number of requests that an individual server thread
will handle. After MaxRequestsPerThread
requests, the thread will die. If MaxRequestsPerThread is 0
, then the thread
will never expire.
Setting MaxRequestsPerThread to a
non-zero limit has two beneficial effects:
- it limits the amount of memory that a thread can consume
by (accidental) memory leakage;
- by giving threads a finite lifetime, it helps reduce
the number of threads when the server load reduces.
Note:
For KeepAlive requests, only
the first request is counted towards this limit. In effect, it
changes the behavior to limit the number of connections
per thread.