RE: [cobalt-users] RAQ2 Overloaded? HELP?

["Dan" <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hello, I have a RAQ2 and currently it is only housing about 7
> sites and none
> of them are very popular.  The server is maxed out at 256MB of RAM and 13
> Gig HD.  I get about 20-50 email messages a day from it claiming
> that it is
> overloaded CPU AND MEM.  I look in "top" and there are not any
> weird program
> running or any eating all the CPU or MEM but the average work
> load is 30+!!!
> What can I do to figure out what is eating all the CPU and MEM or what do
> you suggest for me to do to fix this.
>
> I know little to nothing about running the server, but until now it was
> maintenance free!  All help is appreciated.
>
What's the max file size for email? Are you set up for SMTP for your users?
Check /var/spool/mail next time and see if there are any huge files there.
If some users are regularly sending and receiving multi-MB files via your
server, that will certainly have an effect.
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Dan Kriwitsky