Its not threads
[root@vps-10811 conf]# ps -eo "pid,tid,comm"
PID TID COMMAND
1 1 init
31992 31992 syslogd
32002 32002 sshd
32013 32013 httpd
32028 32028 crond
32035 32035 httpd
32036 32036 httpd
32037 32037 httpd
32038 32038 httpd
32039 32039 httpd
32040 32040 httpd
32041 32041 httpd
32042 32042 httpd
32043 32043 httpd
32044 32044 httpd
32045 32045 httpd
32046 32046 httpd
32047 32047 httpd
32048 32048 httpd
32049 32049 httpd
32050 32050 httpd
32051 32051 httpd
32052 32052 httpd
...........
[root@vps-10811 conf]# httpd -l | grep prefork
prefork.c
I checked situation on another HN - its the same
VE can be downloaded here
http://209.3.12.11/d/10811.img.tgz
(confs,private dir and loopback_ro_image)
(apache starts automatically after VE start)