RE: [cobalt-users] RaQ4 -- High Load Average - No Explanation

["Curtis Ross" <Curtis_Ross@xxxxxx>]

>  
> Hi All,
> 
> I have several RaQ3 and RaQ4 servers.  On one particular server, I get
a
> consistently high loadaverage of above 2.00.  I cannot figure out
where the
> load is coming from.  When I view top, I do not see any thing
outstanding.
> PSTREE shows a normal, average amount of processes.  CPU usage is low,
and
> memory swap is low.  Both are indicators of good performance..  Yet,
the
> load average stays consistently above 2.00.
> 
> I shut down the ASP engine and tested the load average, but that did
not
> make a difference.   I then restarted ASP and then shut down HTTPD and
> tested the load average.  Still above 2.00.  I have seen MySQL
processes
> increase the load average on a server, but pstree shows only a few
MySQL
> processes running -- not enough to account for this high average.
Also,
> sendmail processes seem light and this doesn't seem to account for the
high
> load average.
> 
> I have posted a copy of TOP and PSTREE below.  If anyone has an idea
why the
> load average is consistenly above 2.00 on this server, please let me
know.
> My other RaQs are configured exactly the same as this one, yet the
load
> average is under 0.25 on average.
> 
> Thanks,
> Bill

I had the same issues after applying some updates on my RAQ4r's. Once I
re-booted it was fine. This happened on all my 4r's.

Curtis