The best way is to find out what the problem actually is. Have you looked at /var/log/httpd/error_log and related logs? What about MySQL? When it's timing out, what's top report? Does the site ping properly when these failures occur? Your question is sorta like going to a mechanic and saying "My car sometimes doesn't run - what's wrong with it?". Apache/MySQL don't just quit working without a very good reason - stock CentOS 4.2 install will handle mid-level traffic (many millions of hits per month) on commodity hardware with virtually no configuration changes or performance tuning, so problems like you describe are most certainly due to a problem, usually hardware. -Ben On Friday 20 January 2006 14:02, John Plemons wrote: > I have a site running the current version of Centos 4.2, it has a > shopping cart running on it and runs slow and times out at random. The > cart is a simple php package using a MySQL database backend. > > Can any one think of ways to improve the speed in MySQL and Apache, I've > had the cart checked by the software vendor, it's working like it > should, they are pointing to MySQL or Apache and a maybe... > > Thank you, > John Plemons > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > -- "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." - XEROX PARC slogan, circa 1978