Apache WebServer Support for multicore processor

Multicore support for Apache webserver on Windows XP

[nagarjuns]

Hi,
We have a windows xp system,which has single processor and we have apache web server installed for web applications.Now we are moving to Multi-core processor.i would like to know, whether Apache supports multi-core processor or not.Need help for this information.

Thanks
Arjun.

[lammert]

Hi nagarjuns, first of all Welcome to WebmasterWorld!

Apache is webserver software used on many types of servers, from small single core systems to large multi-core servers. It uses multiple processes or multiple threads to take care of concurrent requests coming in. Threads are subprocesses within one process. These processes and threads are automatically distributed over the available CPU cores to balance the load. You shouldn't run into any significant problems.

[nagarjuns]

Thanks Lammert.Its really helpful.