Heavy Server LOAD

[Juicy D. Links]

last pid: 26640; load averages: 43.32, 67.41, 51.64 up 0+01:14:05 22:51:05
610 processes: 54 running, 536 sleeping, 20 zombie
CPU states: 89.8% user, 0.0% nice, 7.5% system, 2.7% interrupt, 0.0% idle
Mem: 1039M Active, 44M Inact, 208M Wired, 1748K Cache, 158M Buf, 686M Free
Swap: 992M Total, 992M Free


Is this bad?

[Steve]

Why is the load so high? Do you have a ton of MySQL shit running non-stop?

I get worried when my server load goes over 1.0, and it's usually between 0.2 and 0.3

[Brujah]

Multiple instances of Apache might help.

[Steve]

and it is only bad if it is keeping you from growing - if you are growing, not losing any traffic, and making money, then it is all good

but it's just a high load, IMHO

[notjoe]

Originally posted by juicylinks
last pid: 26640; load averages: 43.32, 67.41, 51.64 up 0+01:14:05 22:51:05
610 processes: 54 running, 536 sleeping, 20 zombie
CPU states: 89.8% user, 0.0% nice, 7.5% system, 2.7% interrupt, 0.0% idle
Mem: 1039M Active, 44M Inact, 208M Wired, 1748K Cache, 158M Buf, 686M Free
Swap: 992M Total, 992M Free


Is this bad?

last pid: 44177; load averages: 0.22, 0.18, 0.23 up 48+17:23:52 10:54:12
54 processes: 3 running, 51 sleeping
CPU states: 11.7% user, 0.0% nice, 33.3% system, 2.7% interrupt, 52.3% idle
Mem: 329M Active, 442M Inact, 185M Wired, 36M Cache, 111M Buf, 1652K Free
Swap: 2031M Total, 204K Used, 2031M Free


My MySQL does roughly 35 queries/second, i also use apache on the machine for video streaming

[Juicy D. Links]

I hit like 90 on the load meter

Seems there was multiple instances of apache running?

I am working on it , the massive traffic coming intot he box the last few days must be contributing also.

I think I will need another box just to host thumbs

[Juicy D. Links]

I am doing diagnostic work

l33t h@x3r to the rescue

[perfectodollars-gabrio]

43 is a little high but nothing TOO worrying, it shouldn't be that high all the time anyway.

if you start having a load of 300+, then you should worry.

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