[Asterisk-Users] multiple asterisk process ?

[stevanus]

Hi,

Why does my asterisk keep forking instances at random times everyday?

When I do ps aux, I got this:

asterisk 13068  2.2  5.1 25924 12276 ?       Sl   06:00  13:18 asterisk 
-vvvg -c
asterisk 23558  0.0  5.1 26040 12248 ?       S    09:57   0:00 asterisk 
-vvvg -c
asterisk 29832  0.0  5.1 25924 12208 ?       S    11:48   0:00 asterisk 
-vvvg -c
asterisk 31872  0.0  5.1 25924 12208 ?       S    12:32   0:00 asterisk 
-vvvg -c
asterisk  2520  0.0  5.1 25928 12228 ?       S    13:21   0:00 asterisk 
-vvvg -c
asterisk  4638  0.0  5.1 25924 12232 ?       S    13:50   0:00 asterisk 
-vvvg -c
asterisk  5126  0.0  5.1 25932 12240 ?       S    13:57   0:00 asterisk 
-vvvg -c
asterisk  6487  0.0  5.1 26016 12336 ?       S    14:23   0:00 asterisk 
-vvvg -c

Is this normal?
Does anyone experience this?

Thanks..

Regards,

Stevanus