Apache, httpd process 4MB+ memory use, Wordpress, Dedicated Server

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Published on 2011-11-29T09:42:42Z Indexed on 2011/11/29 9:52 UTC
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What is happening to apache? I cannot trace down the processes doing this to my server. I can't anymore, the server is crashing every day a few times. Don't know what to do anymore, tried all the answers here, i can't find the problem.

apache    5978  0.0  1.4  34060 14000 ?        S    10:13   0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache    5979  1.8  3.6  61660 35632 ?        S    10:13   0:02 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache    5982  1.9  3.6  61712 35640 ?        S    10:13   0:02 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache    5983  0.0  1.7  46000 17480 ?        S    10:13   0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache    5984  1.4  4.3  70880 42644 ?        S    10:13   0:02 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache    5985  2.6  4.3  69864 42888 ?        S    10:13   0:04 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache    5986  0.7  3.9  67240 39220 ?        S    10:13   0:01 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache    5987  0.8  3.9  67240 39228 ?        S    10:13   0:01 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache    5988  2.5  4.3  70136 43160 ?        S    10:13   0:03 /usr/sbin/httpd
apache    6151  0.0  1.7  45868 17404 ?        S    10:15   0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd

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