This is my first post on serverFault and my first entry in to web server configuration.

The hardware and software.

CPU: GenuineIntel, Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7500 @ 2.93GHz
OS: Linux 2.6.18-128.el5
Memory: 2Gb

Background.

I am running a small database (MySQL), around 1000 records with each record containing 44 fields. At the start of each day “00:01” the tables are cleared and populated with fresh data.

The are 10 remote PCs all running Winodws XP and Firefox internet browser. All remote PC’s are connected to the internet using a min 4Gb broadband connection.

Each remote PC runs a URL which displays a dynamic page of data which is refreshed every 20 seconds. This is a continual process 24 hours a day.

I problem I am having is on odd occasions throughout the day the PC browser error with “Server taking too long to respond error”. What I am trying to find our is if I have the correct setting in the httpd.conf file on the server. Any help or advice anyone can provide would be very helpful.

Best regards

Dereck

Server config file:

httpd.conf

ServerRoot "/etc/httpd"

PidFile run/httpd.pid

Timeout 120

KeepAlive On

MaxKeepAliveRequests 200

KeepAliveTimeout 5

<IfModule prefork.c>
StartServers       8
MinSpareServers    5
MaxSpareServers   20
ServerLimit      256
MaxClients       254
MaxRequestsPerChild  4000
</IfModule>

<IfModule worker.c>
StartServers         2
MaxClients         150
MinSpareThreads     25
MaxSpareThreads     150 
ThreadsPerChild     25
MaxRequestsPerChild  0
</IfModule>