Re: Woody: High load average, but no processes hogging...

2005-06-07 Thread Simon
Adam Garside wrote: I have noticed high(ish) load averages (currently 2.08, last week it was 17!!), but there is no processes hogging the CPU, nor are we using any [snip] Check the output of ps(1) and look for processes in the 'D' state. Nothing there. All seems fine. Also, check I/O wit

Re: Woody: High load average, but no processes hogging...

2005-06-07 Thread Adam Garside
On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 02:54:37PM +1200, Simon wrote: [snip] > I have noticed high(ish) load averages (currently 2.08, last week it was > 17!!), but there is no processes hogging the CPU, nor are we using any [snip] Check the output of ps(1) and look for processes in the 'D' state. Also, check

Woody: High load average, but no processes hogging...

2005-06-06 Thread Simon
Hi There, Running Debian woody as a LAMP(PHP) server, on a AMD 1.5GHz, 512MB RAM with software RAID1... I have noticed high(ish) load averages (currently 2.08, last week it was 17!!), but there is no processes hogging the CPU, nor are we using any swap... any ideas where to start with this o