Memory & New Apache Config for Django

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A while back the default Apache Config file was changed. I don't remember the old config exactly but it was something along:

MaxSpareThreads 3
MinSpareThreads 1
ServerLimit 1
ThreadsPerChild 5

Now when using WSGI the new config looks something like:

WSGIDaemonProcess django_wsgi_1_2_3 processes=5

What is the relationship between the two? How does this relate to the somewhat outdated http://blog.webfaction.com/tips-to-keep-your-django-mod-python-memory-usage-down ?

Feels like a new Tips to keep your Django memory usage down would be in place? Now that the recommended way to run is using WSGI and not mod_python as well.

And where did you get the StackOverflow system from? Did not think they sold the code!?

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The previous configuration was about mod_python, and the new one is about mod_wsgi. They are roughly equivalent as technical parameters

For newer tips about reducing your memory usage, you should check: http://docs.webfaction.com/software/django/troubleshooting.html#reducing-memory-consumption

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answered 25 Oct '10, 09:29

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edited 25 Oct '10, 09:30

Thanks. Just confused by the alert messages with the link in my question.

(25 Oct '10, 09:41) lamusoftware

Nice open sourced StackOverflow clone! And written in Django!

(25 Oct '10, 09:42) lamusoftware

Will anything in the WSGIDeamonProcess directive override ServerLimit, ThreadPerChild, MinThreads, MaxThreads?

(25 Oct '10, 09:49) lamusoftware

The WSGIDeamonProcess are separate from the Apache processes, so there won't be any overriding going on. You can find more information on mod_wsgi at http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/

(25 Oct '10, 09:57) tie

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