Top processes is /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL

[deluxmall]

What is

/usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL

It has always been my top processess ...

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I have alot of the following, what does it mean? Is it normal?

22502 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.3 0.4 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
27763 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.3 0.3 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
23617 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.2

0.5 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
22494 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.2 0.4 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
22496 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.2 0.4 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
23616 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.2 0.4 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
23833 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.2 0.4 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
23835 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.2 0.4 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
26311 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.2 0.4 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
28279 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.2 0.3 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
22501 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.1

0.5 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
23620 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.1

0.5 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
22490 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.1 0.4 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
22491 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.1 0.4 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
22499 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.1 0.4 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
23611 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.1 0.4 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
23621 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.1 0.4 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
23623 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.1 0.4 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
23643 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.1 0.4 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
23647 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.1 0.4 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
23831 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.1 0.4 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
23832 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.1 0.4 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
22488 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.0

0.5 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
22489 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.0

0.5 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
22493 (Trace) (Kill) nobody 0

1.0 0.4 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL

[kh99]

I don't understand everything in the text you posted (is that from cpanel?), but 'httpd' is the web server process so as far as I know it's normal to have a bunch of those running.