# for better stability
StartServers 8
-MinSpareServers 5
-MaxSpareServers 20
+# in fedora27 this won't load, symptom was
+# Invalid command 'MaxSpareServers'
+# I did find mentions of loading the prefork module,
+# which ... it seemed to be loaded already
+# so I comment it out altogether as a first approximation
+# MinSpareServers 5
+# MaxSpareServers 20
ServerLimit 256
MaxClients 256
MaxRequestsPerChild 50