Hey guys,

I'm having a bit of a problem here.
A server is going a little crazy. The load times are hanging from 6 average, and peaking at 14. I check the running processes, and httpd has MANY running, and using alot of CPU.

Code: 
 2178 mysql     23   0  184m  57m 4692 S   17  1.6  11:57.35 mysqld
19432 apache    15   0 45256  22m 5544 S   16  0.6   0:04.91 httpd
18877 apache    15   0 40592  15m 5248 S   15  0.4   0:04.37 httpd
19435 apache    15   0 38040  15m 5028 S   12  0.4   0:03.83 httpd
19263 apache    15   0 37540  14m 5056 S   11  0.4   0:04.98 httpd
19231 apache    16   0 46240  22m 5064 S   10  0.6   0:04.37 httpd
19160 apache    15   0 38916  15m 5056 S   10  0.5   0:04.51 httpd
19359 apache    15   0 36904  13m 4440 S    9  0.4   0:04.98 httpd
18514 apache    16   0 38568  15m 5056 S    9  0.4   0:06.16 httpd
19042 apache    15   0 39268  16m 5004 S    9  0.5   0:04.02 httpd
19349 apache    16   0 38376  15m 5516 S    9  0.4   0:04.49 httpd
19350 apache    15   0 41388  18m 5304 R    9  0.5   0:04.99 httpd
19271 apache    15   0 38696  16m 5484 S    8  0.5   0:04.68 httpd
18512 apache    15   0 38568  15m 5024 S    8  0.4   0:06.23 httpd
19317 apache    15   0 39564  16m 5016 S    8  0.5   0:03.96 httpd
18994 apache    16   0 38756  15m 5048 S    8  0.4   0:03.95 httpd
19051 apache    15   0 36976  14m 4996 S    8  0.4   0:02.94 httpd
19214 apache    15   0 38568  15m 5012 S    8  0.4   0:04.35 httpd
19275 apache    15   0 38252  15m 5080 S    7  0.4   0:04.98 httpd
19318 apache    15   0 38652  15m 5040 S    7  0.4   0:04.54 httpd
19410 apache    15   0 38308  15m 5132 S    7  0.4   0:04.25 httpd
18887 apache    15   0 37564  14m 5032 S    7  0.4   0:04.59 httpd
19268 apache    15   0 38560  15m 4980 S    6  0.4   0:03.75 httpd
19446 apache    15   0 39624  16m 4432 S    6  0.5   0:05.02 httpd
18884 apache    15   0 38544  15m 5000 S    6  0.4   0:03.80 httpd
19182 apache    15   0 38712  16m 5508 S    6  0.5   0:04.47 httpd
19125 apache    15   0 37260  14m 5000 S    5  0.4   0:03.62 httpd
19124 apache    15   0 37424  14m 5264 S    5  0.4   0:03.52 httpd
19142 apache    15   0     0    0    0 Z    5  0.0   0:04.38 httpd <defunct>
19321 apache    15   0 39552  16m 5168 S    4  0.5   0:05.05 httpd
19164 apache    15   0 37792  14m 5052 S    4  0.4   0:04.47 httpd
19179 apache    16   0 38568  15m 5016 S    4  0.4   0:04.44 httpd
18516 apache    15   0 38568  15m 5012 S    3  0.4   0:04.97 httpd
19180 apache    16   0 37860  14m 5016 R    3  0.4   0:04.40 httpd
19278 apache    15   0 36780  13m 5048 S    3  0.4   0:04.20 httpd
19283 apache    15   0 36488  13m 5036 S    3  0.4   0:03.99 httpd
19260 apache    15   0 38824  16m 5232 S    2  0.5   0:04.42 httpd
19429 apache    15   0 37532  14m 5028 S    1  0.4   0:03.95 httpd
18900 apache    15   0 42364  19m 9132 S    1  0.5   0:04.29 httpd
The server can still be accessed fine and all, but load times are getting very high and it is effecting performance on some needed scripts.

Would anyone have any idea?
I can provide more information at request.

I would appreciate your help.

Thank you,

Jase.