diff --git a/apache/templates/apache2.conf.erb b/apache/templates/apache2.conf.erb
index 5de12c7..04f44f3 100644
--- a/apache/templates/apache2.conf.erb
+++ b/apache/templates/apache2.conf.erb
@@ -97,14 +97,16 @@ KeepAliveTimeout 15
 # StartServers: number of server processes to start
 # MinSpareServers: minimum number of server processes which are kept spare
 # MaxSpareServers: maximum number of server processes which are kept spare
+# ServerLimit: maximum value for MaxClients for the lifetime of the server
 # MaxClients: maximum number of server processes allowed to start
 # MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves
 <IfModule mpm_prefork_module>
-    StartServers          5
+    StartServers          8
     MinSpareServers       5
-    MaxSpareServers      10
-    MaxClients          150
-    MaxRequestsPerChild   0
+    MaxSpareServers      20
+    ServerLimit         256
+    MaxClients          256
+    MaxRequestsPerChild 4000
 </IfModule>
 
 # worker MPM