Dan Track wrote: > Hi > > I've got a server that as a constant load of 5.00. The problem is the > server isn't really doing anything. Its purpose is as a backup server > so it only does something in the evening. What I'd like is help in > developing a strategy, using various tools, to find out whats causing > the problem. How do you know the constant load is 5? To find that you must be using a tool of some sort. If it is "constant" then "top" should show you something. -- I guess we can live on his POT FARM in HADES!!