Re: [cobalt-users] [RAQ2] huge CPU overload problem

["Mid America" <internet@xxxxxxxxxx>]

When you to a top what does it show is using the mememory????   I have seen
cgi scripts cripple a server. Find it and kill it.. Simple also may check to
see if youre hard drive is full.              DF under telnet.

Tim

----- Original Message -----
From: PowerClicks <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Rik Thomas <rikt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] [RAQ2] huge CPU overload problem


> Yes this raq is on Release 4.0 OS.
>
> UPDATE:
>
> Just did a reboot... things are now going VERY slow on this raq.
> In telnet I get:
>
>     bash: /usr/bin/id: Too many open files in system
>     [: too many arguments
>
> seems CPU load is back up although I'm still waiting for top to confirm
the
> numbers
>
> > Just for curiosity sake are you running Cobalt OS Release 4.0?  It seems
> > that every raq that I have upgraded to this release is now having
> > cpu/memory problems.  It also seems that there have been quite a few
other
> > folks now having this problem.
> >
> > On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, PowerClicks wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Just received the following from the RaQ2 Cron Daemon:
> >>
> >> ---------------------------------------------------
> >> Subject: Cron <root@gamma> /usr/local/sbin/monitor
> >>
> >> Your vendor has not defined Socket macro , used at
> >> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/auto/Cobalt/Monitor/mon_portwatch.al line 63
> >>
> >> ---------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> 6 minutes later got a CPU warning. It took me about 10 minutes to get
'top'
> >> to reply through telnet:
> >>
> >> load average: 55.35, 68.85, 58.86
> >>
> >> Command "syslogd" is taking 99.9% cpu
> >>
> >> Getting CPU info through the web is impossible. Although non monitor
parts
> >> of admin are still working (slowly).
> >>
> >> Now after 20 minutes, load is going back to a more usual >0.5 average.
> >>
> >> If anyone has info on why this happened and what to do to prevent this,
> >> please lmk.
> >>
> >> BTW when doing 'top' initially the lists was 95% consisting of ads.pl
> >> executions (aka webadverts). We are about to stop using webadverts, but
I
> >> must say it has run with no problems (on a small site) for over 3
months on
> >> this server. Obviously there may be a relationship with my CPU prob...
> >>
> >> Thanks very much in advance.
> >>
> >> David
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >
> > Rik Thomas rikt@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > http://www.delaware.net
> > (p) 302.736.5515
> >
>
>
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