Re: High load on FC 3???

[Alexander Apprich <a.apprich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roger Grosswiler wrote:
> > Hi Roger,
> >
> > Roger Grosswiler wrote:
> >
> > > Hi list,
> > >
> > > I have a Web- & Mailserver running, the responsetimes even let me drink several coffees, if i request my Mails via
> > > squirrelmail.
> > >
> > > My Hardware: HP Netserver P3/886 mhz, 128 mb ram
> > >
> > > Most consumpting processes: apache, amavisd-new (including virual check), spamd, postfix, cyrus, mysql...see list
> > > below
> > >
> > > top - 09:51:20 up 4 days, 14:54,  1 user,  load average: 4.99, 2.77, 1.85
> > > Tasks: 104 total,   1 running, 103 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
> > > Cpu(s):  1.2% us,  0.6% sy,  0.0% ni,  0.0% id, 98.1% wa,  0.1% hi,  0.0% si
> > > Mem:    126288k total,   124124k used,     2164k free,      612k buffers
> > > Swap:   262136k total,   132232k used,   129904k free,    15156k cached
> > >
> > >  PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
> > > 21266 apache    15   0 27700 9.8m 3632 D  1.0  7.9   0:18.49 httpd
> > > 29426 amavis    17   0 42644  20m 2416 D  1.0 16.9   0:03.68 amavisd
> > > 29783 root      16   0  2888  892  696 R  0.7  0.7   0:05.72 top
> > > 5396 root      15   0 15232 1564 1104 S  0.3  1.2  23:06.53 X
> > > 29433 amavis    17   0 43036  20m 2500 D  0.3 16.9   0:03.06 amavisd
> > > 29855 cyrus     16   0 29768 2120 1828 D  0.3  1.7   0:00.04 imapd
> > >
> > > ...look at the load average ;-)
> > >
> > > i already forked most apps from 8 to 5 back to 3 forks max to save ressources. but i get the impression, that it is
> > > just one process, that somehow is just misconfigured...do you have any hints for me?
> >
> > have you tried to (temp.) disable amavisd to see if it works better
> > then?
> >
> >
> > > btw. i would be very interessted, what the 3 figures on tload effective mean :-)
> >
> > load averages for the past 1, 5, and  15  minutes.
> >
> >
> >
> > > Roger
> >
> > Alex
>
> Yes, without amavis it' quite faster, but i don't want to loose virual & spam checking....*hmmm* gonna perhaps looking
> once again in amavis' config.

I would recommend uninstalling amavis completely and reinstall it. (Make
sure everything gets removed, and you start with a clean configfile).
I've seen applications getting weired on linux for no reason. After
removing/ reinstalling them everything was fine again.

> Thanks anyway
>
> p.s. how's life?
>
> Roger
Alex