Apache crashing server

[neuromancer]

I am hosting a medium sized vbulletin forum. Sometime apache crashing the server ? I don't know what is the problem exactly. What do you recommend ?


And I want to ask another thing. How Can I do that ? :
When server load reach 20.00 I want to run automatically restarting apache code.

 

[dalem]

tune apache/mysql there are several tutorials on the net & on these forms

I do belive sim from rfxnetworks will do this
and prm will kill apache if hogs to many resources

 

[fikse]

this program will allow you to set load limits for each program, like apache, and have it restart automatically if it gets out of hand...

http://www.rfxnetworks.com/prm.php



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