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Setting [[Httpd KeepAliveTimeout#Overview|KeepAliveTimeout]] to a high value may cause performance problems in heavily loaded servers. The higher the timeout, the more server processes will be kept occupied waiting on connections with idle clients.
Setting [[Httpd KeepAliveTimeout#Overview|KeepAliveTimeout]] to a high value may cause performance problems in heavily loaded servers. The higher the timeout, the more server processes will be kept occupied waiting on connections with idle clients. For more details on this see [[HTTP Persistent Connections#Disadvantages|HTTP Persistent Connections Disadvantages]].

Revision as of 17:25, 23 November 2016

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Overview

"KeepAlive" specifies whether or not to allow persistent connections (more than one request per connection). Set to "Off" to deactivate.

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KeepAlive Off
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Setting KeepAliveTimeout to a high value may cause performance problems in heavily loaded servers. The higher the timeout, the more server processes will be kept occupied waiting on connections with idle clients. For more details on this see HTTP Persistent Connections Disadvantages.