Re: apache httpd keepalive setting, when and why does redhat tweak this kinda thing?

[wolf2k5 <wolf2k5 gmail com>]

On 9/24/07, jim bartus <jim bartus gmail com> wrote:
> In tweaking my loadbalancers a bit I realized keepalive's were not enabled
> on apache.  They're explicitly set to "off" in the default config file, and
> its documented here:
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/en-US/Reference_Guide/s2-apache-keepalive.html
>
> As opposed to the apache2 default, which is "on"
>  http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#keepalive

I'd like also to know why RH disables Apache KeepAlive in its distributions.

Thanks.