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Lmax
06-02-2002, 01:27 PM
Hi,

i have some sites on a server. A few are dynamic but they aren't that high traffic. I also have a few high traffic sites on the server. Some are pulling 2-3 gig's a day. Now the serverload suddenly rises through the roof, even to 25-30.

But in a top i mainly see httpd processes. Is there an easy way to see what site is causing the major amount of httpd processes. Maybe someone is pulling a small gif many times a second, that way causing the server to overload.

The server is a pentium 4 1800 eith 1 gig RAM, thought this would be enough. There are 80 sites on the server. Pulling about 1 mbit on peak time.

Thanks

Lmax
06-02-2002, 03:47 PM
Never mind this posting, the load has dropped. i think it was some kind of attack so i'll be checking the logs etc.

but i'm still interested in a way to see the total amount of hits to a server and maybe a way to split those on a domain level. If you have any suggestions for this, thanks

ffeingol
06-02-2002, 04:13 PM
Lmax,

I'm not sure if this will help you, but check out mod_status (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_status.html). Mod_status will let you look at a running Apache and see exactly what it is processing at that moment. That might answer your question.


Frank