* Mark Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [May 20. 2002 15:14]: > Hi all, > > I have a server that keeps suspending sendmail as follows: > > May 20 09:40:19 linux sendmail[11978]: rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load >average: 34 > > I have no idea what's causing the load to go that high. It never does > it when I'm there! Any ideas how I can find out what's causing it? > (without sitting for days watching top :-). > > I guess I need some kind of daemon/cron script that will just sit > there and tell me what's going on.... >
That's a very high load average (but, then you already know that :-) Sysstat (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sebastien.godard/) has sar, which logs load regularly (at 5 minute intervals) from which you might spot a pattern. Cronjobs, take a look at /var/log/cron (if you've got one), and see if anything's getting kicked off. HTH Kevin -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
