Re: [cobalt-users] high CPU load (idle CPU) ???

[cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

OK, the raq finally hit 20 and smtp stop working. Have to reboot. This is the longest it has stayed up and seems due
to installing another pop3d over qpopper running out of inetd. Hm. This may make since as in.qpopper would have had more disc writes
and reads than one not running out of inetd.

[root@web-raq07 admin]# w
 10:39am  up 6 days,  1:43,  1 user,  load average: 20.05, 20.06, 19.94




On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 12:54:54AM -0500, cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> how can you run badblocks. I dono if this is the trouble or not. SOunds logical though. 
> I have another raq 3 if I could only mirror the data real quick and throw the IP up and see if the other one behaves the same way.
> 
> 
> i'll poke more for log stuff and errors. though I have been looking and have not seen anything unusual.
> 
> THanks,
> 
> Ashby
> 
> On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 02:41:48AM -0400, flash22@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > On Wed, 19 Sep 2001 cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > 
> > > Hey Everyone,
> > > I have one raq with 150 sites on it that is having a strange problem.
> > > The CPU Load average starts at 0.00 when it boots. In a span of about
> > > 3 days, it will creep to > 20.00. The machine stays very responsive 
> > 
> > > ..is ALWAYS around 98% idle.
> > 
> > > Could I have a bad CPU?
> > 
> > No, that would make it crash ;)
> > 
> > You might however, have a bad disk, if processes are getting hung up
> > trying to read a block on the disk, the running process count will grow,
> > but the machine won't actually be doing anything, this will give you a
> > high load average, but a mostly idle cpu usage. Processes waiting on
> > network connections will do this too, a bad cgi script, a mail config
> > problem....you need to be poking about in the logs for *anything* weird...
> > (Especially apache errors and complaints about dead children etc)
> > 
> > running badblocks may be a good idea....
> > 
> > gsh
> > 
> > 
> > 
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