Re: [cobalt-developers] Qube3 Slow Down

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Matthew Eckmann wrote:

> We use a Qube3 for Firewall and Email server for about 45 users. In the
> last 48 hours, the Qube3 is now nearly halted with any request. CPU
> usage is now constantly in the red (98% usage) and various services seem
> to stop and start without rhyme or reason.
>
> No email is being relayed (as I can tell from the UI) and the firewall
> is just fine. Logging into the UI is painfully slow and email across the
> office is taking hours to deliver. No new installations or services. In
> fact, the Qube had been running perfectly for over a month now.
>
> Any suggestions?

try looking at the log files.
tail -f /var/log/messages
and/or
tail -f /var/log/kernel

This may show the traffic that is causing the slowdown.

Gerald
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