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How to reduce memory usage per virtual server

On CentOS 5.8/Apache 2.2.3/FastCGI/PHP 5.3.10 virtual machine I have the original and a cloned Magento install (to be used as a staging server). I would like to minimize memory usage by apache and php on this staging server ONLY and I'm looking for recommendations on how to do this. For example, I want to know if its possible to set limits like prefork MPM/worker MPM on a single virtual server. PHP memory_limit is already set to 128M, as that is the minimum Magento needs to run. Thanks

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Your memory limits need to be the same on your development/staging environment as on your live site...

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