Intro to Apache - ApacheCon The Apache Architecture (1.3) Prefork model One controlling parent process that forks new child processes, kills child processes when there are too many idle processes, handles stops and restarts. Multiple child processes Child processes are responsible for handling incoming requests, figuring out what they mean, and sending content back to the client.
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