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

["Bill" <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 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

Thanks Curtis.  No luck on the reboot.  I had tried that initially, but the
loadaverage creeps back up there.

Bill



> >
> > 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
>
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