I'm going to make a guess and say swap, but I don't see why. Try 'vmstat -a' when this is going on and see if the si and so columns are non-zero. Josh --- Chadley Wilson <chadley@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Guys and Gals > > I keep experiencing a strange run away process. seems it always > starts > early in the evenings, But I cant find it. I have checked my cron > scheduled tasks and have even disabled it. > ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover