RE: [Users] high load average on OpenVZ servers

2009-03-18 Thread Dietmar Maurer
> > One of them have 12 VEs, not CPU intensive, and we are having this > load: > > You don't mention what you have for disks. On Linux the load average > includes processes blocking on I/O. A slow disk setup can cause a high > load. But then 'wa' would show a higher value. - Dietmar __

Re: [Users] high load average on OpenVZ servers

2009-03-18 Thread Cliff Wells
On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 15:12 +0100, Frank wrote: > Hi, > we are using a couple of OpenVZ servers with > 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.028stab060.2PAE kernel > Both have 4 CPU and 16 GB of RAM (they are Dell Servers) > > One of them have 12 VEs, not CPU intensive, and we are having this load: You don't menti

Re: [Users] high load average on OpenVZ servers

2009-03-18 Thread Scott Dowdle
Frank, That is weird. I've not had a problem with high loads even when I had a ton of containers running. Your idle is very high, your wait is 0... and everything looks normal accept for the load. Any luck finding more clues on the problem? - "Frank" wrote: > Hi, > we are using a coupl

[Users] high load average on OpenVZ servers

2009-03-18 Thread Frank
Hi, we are using a couple of OpenVZ servers with 2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.028stab060.2PAE kernel Both have 4 CPU and 16 GB of RAM (they are Dell Servers) One of them have 12 VEs, not CPU intensive, and we are having this load: top - 15:09:53 up 7 days, 2:08, 2 users, load average: 14.13, 14.15,