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09-21-2010, 09:36 AM #1Newbie
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Server Load
Hi all WHT members,
I have a vps server. and I'm currently hosting around 20 websites. the most active one of them has 200 visitors/day. In the last couple of days I noticed that my server cpu usage is getting higher than normal (the normal was 0.0 to 0.5) but now it gets around 5.00 and I gett warning messages from ifd (High 5 minute load average alert). I ran the command top -b -i -n 20 >> /top_procs. but I can't see the one whos causing the issue. here are the results.
PHP Code:top - 00:12:59 up 4 min, 1 user, load average: 1.71, 1.18, 0.52
Tasks: 65 total, 1 running, 62 sleeping, 0 stopped, 2 zombie
Cpu(s): 4.6% us, 1.9% sy, 0.0% ni, 92.1% id, 1.3% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 469520k used, 1103344k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
7181 root 15 0 1968 908 704 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 top
top - 00:13:02 up 4 min, 1 user, load average: 1.57, 1.16, 0.52
Tasks: 67 total, 1 running, 66 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 6.0% us, 1.3% sy, 0.0% ni, 92.5% id, 0.2% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 498980k used, 1073884k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
7181 root 15 0 1976 992 780 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 top
top - 00:13:05 up 4 min, 1 user, load average: 1.57, 1.16, 0.52
Tasks: 69 total, 1 running, 68 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 4.4% us, 1.4% sy, 0.0% ni, 93.7% id, 0.4% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 488684k used, 1084180k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
7181 root 15 0 1976 992 780 R 0.3 0.1 0:00.01 top
top - 00:13:08 up 4 min, 1 user, load average: 1.45, 1.14, 0.51
Tasks: 70 total, 1 running, 69 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 2.2% us, 0.4% sy, 0.0% ni, 97.2% id, 0.1% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 489900k used, 1082964k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
7181 root 15 0 1976 996 780 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.01 top
top - 00:13:11 up 5 min, 1 user, load average: 1.41, 1.14, 0.52
Tasks: 71 total, 1 running, 69 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombie
Cpu(s): 6.0% us, 1.9% sy, 0.0% ni, 91.9% id, 0.1% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 506104k used, 1066760k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
7181 root 15 0 1976 996 780 R 0.3 0.1 0:00.02 top
top - 00:13:14 up 5 min, 1 user, load average: 1.41, 1.14, 0.52
Tasks: 71 total, 2 running, 69 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 8.1% us, 1.6% sy, 0.0% ni, 90.2% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 520360k used, 1052504k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
7181 root 15 0 1976 996 780 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.02 top
11643 root 16 0 1616 528 440 R 0.0 0.0 0:00.05 syslogd
top - 00:13:17 up 5 min, 1 user, load average: 1.30, 1.12, 0.51
Tasks: 71 total, 3 running, 68 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 5.6% us, 1.1% sy, 0.0% ni, 93.1% id, 0.2% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 518732k used, 1054132k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
11318 wa6ny 16 0 24136 10m 5072 R 3.3 0.7 0:00.10 php
11322 wa6ny 16 0 23856 10m 5064 R 3.3 0.7 0:00.10 php
7181 root 15 0 1976 996 780 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.02 top
11643 root 16 0 1616 528 440 D 0.0 0.0 0:00.05 syslogd
top - 00:13:20 up 5 min, 1 user, load average: 1.30, 1.12, 0.51
Tasks: 68 total, 1 running, 67 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 8.1% us, 1.2% sy, 0.0% ni, 90.5% id, 0.2% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 501060k used, 1071804k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
7181 root 15 0 1976 996 780 R 0.3 0.1 0:00.03 top
top - 00:13:23 up 5 min, 1 user, load average: 1.27, 1.12, 0.52
Tasks: 65 total, 1 running, 63 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombie
Cpu(s): 4.0% us, 0.9% sy, 0.0% ni, 94.7% id, 0.4% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 472472k used, 1100392k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
7181 root 15 0 1976 996 780 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.03 top
top - 00:13:26 up 5 min, 1 user, load average: 1.25, 1.12, 0.52
Tasks: 63 total, 1 running, 61 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombie
Cpu(s): 3.4% us, 0.9% sy, 0.0% ni, 95.6% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 466636k used, 1106228k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
7181 root 15 0 1976 996 780 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.03 top
top - 00:13:29 up 5 min, 1 user, load average: 1.25, 1.12, 0.52
Tasks: 61 total, 1 running, 60 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 2.5% us, 0.5% sy, 0.0% ni, 97.0% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 463720k used, 1109144k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
7181 root 15 0 1976 996 780 R 0.3 0.1 0:00.04 top
top - 00:13:32 up 5 min, 1 user, load average: 1.15, 1.10, 0.52
Tasks: 62 total, 1 running, 61 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 3.3% us, 0.7% sy, 0.0% ni, 95.8% id, 0.3% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 483316k used, 1089548k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
7181 root 15 0 1976 996 780 R 0.3 0.1 0:00.05 top
12047 mailnull 16 0 8784 3224 1920 D 0.0 0.2 0:00.00 exim
top - 00:13:37 up 5 min, 1 user, load average: 1.06, 1.08, 0.51
Tasks: 61 total, 1 running, 60 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.8% us, 0.4% sy, 0.0% ni, 98.7% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 463728k used, 1109136k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
7181 root 15 0 1976 996 780 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.05 top
top - 00:13:40 up 5 min, 1 user, load average: 1.06, 1.08, 0.51
Tasks: 63 total, 2 running, 61 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 7.3% us, 2.2% sy, 0.0% ni, 90.4% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 488736k used, 1084128k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
13416 wa6ny 16 0 27744 14m 5392 R 7.0 0.9 0:00.21 php
7181 root 15 0 1976 996 780 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.05 top
top - 00:13:43 up 5 min, 1 user, load average: 1.21, 1.11, 0.53
Tasks: 64 total, 2 running, 61 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombie
Cpu(s): 9.7% us, 2.9% sy, 0.0% ni, 86.7% id, 0.7% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 480708k used, 1092156k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
7181 root 15 0 1976 996 780 R 0.3 0.1 0:00.06 top
13644 nobody 15 0 13124 3856 624 R 0.0 0.2 0:00.00 httpd
top - 00:13:46 up 5 min, 1 user, load average: 1.36, 1.14, 0.54
Tasks: 69 total, 4 running, 65 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 6.4% us, 1.9% sy, 0.0% ni, 91.2% id, 0.5% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 503924k used, 1068940k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
13704 zeraiahc 16 0 31764 19m 5992 R 24.8 1.3 0:00.75 php
7181 root 15 0 1976 996 780 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.06 top
13880 nobody 15 0 13124 4888 1712 R 0.0 0.3 0:00.00 httpd
13921 mailnull 18 0 8504 2316 1124 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 exim
top - 00:13:49 up 5 min, 1 user, load average: 1.36, 1.14, 0.54
Tasks: 76 total, 1 running, 75 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 2.9% us, 1.1% sy, 0.0% ni, 95.5% id, 0.5% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 507644k used, 1065220k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
7181 root 15 0 1976 996 780 R 0.3 0.1 0:00.07 top
top - 00:13:52 up 5 min, 1 user, load average: 1.25, 1.12, 0.54
Tasks: 77 total, 1 running, 75 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombie
Cpu(s): 2.8% us, 0.4% sy, 0.0% ni, 96.6% id, 0.2% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 522136k used, 1050728k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
7181 root 15 0 1976 996 780 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.07 top
top - 00:13:55 up 5 min, 1 user, load average: 1.25, 1.12, 0.54
Tasks: 73 total, 1 running, 71 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombie
Cpu(s): 1.9% us, 1.4% sy, 0.0% ni, 96.5% id, 0.2% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 494268k used, 1078596k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
7181 root 15 0 1976 996 780 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.07 top
top - 00:13:58 up 5 min, 1 user, load average: 1.15, 1.10, 0.53
Tasks: 69 total, 3 running, 65 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombie
Cpu(s): 3.4% us, 0.8% sy, 0.0% ni, 95.4% id, 0.3% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 502532k used, 1070332k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
15550 zeraiahc 16 0 31568 19m 5960 R 20.3 1.3 0:00.61 php
7181 root 15 0 1976 996 780 R 0.3 0.1 0:00.08 top
11643 root 16 0 1616 528 440 R 0.0 0.0 0:00.05 syslogd
top - 16:20:21 up 9:01, 1 user, load average: 4.29, 2.78, 3.39
Tasks: 85 total, 6 running, 67 sleeping, 0 stopped, 12 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.3% us, 1.6% sy, 5.7% ni, 90.0% id, 2.4% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 710960k used, 861904k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
13776 albadyhc 19 4 26424 13m 5328 R 7.3 0.9 0:00.20 php
13809 shnelerc 22 4 20872 6660 3816 R 5.5 0.4 0:00.03 php
13808 shnelerc 20 4 16936 2036 1556 R 1.8 0.1 0:00.01 php
13772 albadyhc 19 4 26044 13m 5320 R 0.0 0.9 0:00.16 php
13799 root 15 0 1968 916 704 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 top
29987 root 15 0 9092 6320 2144 R 0.0 0.4 0:05.96 tailwatchd
top - 16:20:24 up 9:01, 1 user, load average: 4.50, 2.85, 3.41
Tasks: 84 total, 4 running, 68 sleeping, 0 stopped, 12 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.0% us, 3.1% sy, 17.6% ni, 77.9% id, 1.4% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 727660k used, 845204k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
13822 shnelerc 19 4 28824 16m 5464 R 9.7 1.0 0:00.30 php
13772 albadyhc 19 4 27428 14m 5452 R 9.1 0.9 0:00.44 php
13999 alruqiah 19 4 25040 12m 5356 R 5.2 0.8 0:00.16 php
13799 root 15 0 1976 1000 780 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 top
top - 16:20:27 up 9:01, 1 user, load average: 4.50, 2.85, 3.41
Tasks: 81 total, 1 running, 67 sleeping, 0 stopped, 13 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.4% us, 2.0% sy, 6.8% ni, 88.6% id, 2.2% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 683524k used, 889340k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
13799 root 15 0 1976 1000 780 R 0.3 0.1 0:00.01 top
top - 16:20:30 up 9:01, 1 user, load average: 4.14, 2.80, 3.39
Tasks: 79 total, 2 running, 67 sleeping, 0 stopped, 10 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.0% us, 0.9% sy, 4.0% ni, 95.1% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 694700k used, 878164k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
14176 albadyhc 19 4 27460 14m 5440 R 8.9 0.9 0:00.27 php
13799 root 15 0 1976 1000 780 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.01 top
top - 16:20:33 up 9:01, 1 user, load average: 3.89, 2.77, 3.37
Tasks: 80 total, 2 running, 67 sleeping, 0 stopped, 11 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.2% us, 2.8% sy, 6.8% ni, 90.2% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 691204k used, 881660k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
14290 shnelerc 22 4 23992 10m 4936 R 3.3 0.7 0:00.10 php
13799 root 15 0 1976 1000 780 R 0.3 0.1 0:00.02 top
top - 16:20:36 up 9:01, 1 user, load average: 3.89, 2.77, 3.37
Tasks: 80 total, 1 running, 67 sleeping, 0 stopped, 12 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.1% us, 1.2% sy, 7.0% ni, 91.8% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 683584k used, 889280k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
13799 root 15 0 1976 1000 780 R 0.3 0.1 0:00.03 top
top - 16:20:39 up 9:01, 1 user, load average: 3.58, 2.73, 3.35
Tasks: 82 total, 2 running, 70 sleeping, 0 stopped, 10 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.0% us, 2.5% sy, 7.6% ni, 89.5% id, 0.4% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 712960k used, 859904k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
15911 albadyhc 22 4 16936 1712 1412 R 0.3 0.1 0:00.01 php
13799 root 15 0 1976 1000 780 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.03 top
top - 16:20:42 up 9:01, 1 user, load average: 3.58, 2.73, 3.35
Tasks: 80 total, 3 running, 65 sleeping, 0 stopped, 12 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.1% us, 2.0% sy, 10.7% ni, 87.2% id, 0.1% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 689344k used, 883520k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
15933 shnelerc 20 4 30068 17m 5516 R 16.8 1.1 0:00.51 php
15989 alruqiah 22 4 18516 4096 2660 R 1.0 0.3 0:00.03 php
13799 root 15 0 1976 1000 780 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.03 top
top - 16:20:45 up 9:01, 1 user, load average: 3.45, 2.71, 3.35
Tasks: 83 total, 3 running, 68 sleeping, 0 stopped, 12 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.0% us, 1.7% sy, 8.8% ni, 89.4% id, 0.1% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 702632k used, 870232k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
16055 zeraiahc 20 4 31192 18m 6004 R 19.1 1.2 0:00.58 php
16083 albadyhc 23 4 23216 10m 4924 R 3.0 0.7 0:00.09 php
13799 root 15 0 1976 1000 780 R 0.3 0.1 0:00.04 top
top - 16:20:48 up 9:01, 1 user, load average: 3.18, 2.67, 3.33
Tasks: 85 total, 6 running, 68 sleeping, 0 stopped, 11 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.1% us, 1.3% sy, 5.5% ni, 93.0% id, 0.1% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 718316k used, 854548k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
16171 albadyhc 19 4 28584 15m 5472 R 12.8 1.0 0:00.39 php
16182 albadyhc 22 4 24772 11m 4920 R 4.0 0.7 0:00.12 php
16186 alruqiah 22 4 20300 5512 3160 R 1.0 0.4 0:00.03 php
26509 root 21 4 44996 36m 2792 R 0.3 2.4 0:38.25 httpd
7539 nobody 19 4 45536 36m 1876 R 0.0 2.4 0:00.78 httpd
13799 root 15 0 1976 1000 780 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.04 top
top - 16:20:51 up 9:01, 1 user, load average: 3.18, 2.67, 3.33
Tasks: 88 total, 6 running, 70 sleeping, 0 stopped, 12 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.2% us, 4.4% sy, 9.0% ni, 86.5% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 767084k used, 805780k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
9675 mysql 21 6 116m 98m 3976 R 17.2 6.4 31:08.63 mysqld
16234 albadyhc 19 4 26040 13m 5300 R 5.6 0.8 0:00.17 php
16254 shnelerc 22 4 24520 11m 5084 R 4.6 0.7 0:00.14 php
16267 shnelerc 22 4 23208 9760 4732 R 3.0 0.6 0:00.09 php
13799 root 15 0 1976 1000 780 R 0.3 0.1 0:00.05 top
16329 nobody 20 4 4 4 0 R 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 httpd
top - 16:20:55 up 9:01, 1 user, load average: 3.64, 2.77, 3.36
Tasks: 85 total, 7 running, 68 sleeping, 0 stopped, 10 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.0% us, 5.2% sy, 21.5% ni, 73.3% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 775512k used, 797352k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
16267 shnelerc 20 4 29028 16m 5464 R 8.8 1.1 0:00.36 php
16227 albadyhc 20 4 27184 14m 5432 R 8.5 0.9 0:00.42 php
16351 alruqiah 20 4 25316 12m 5324 R 4.9 0.8 0:00.15 php
16234 albadyhc 19 4 26300 13m 5412 R 2.0 0.9 0:00.23 php
13799 root 15 0 1976 1004 780 R 0.3 0.1 0:00.06 top
19573 nobody 20 4 45384 36m 1900 R 0.3 2.4 0:00.91 httpd
26509 root 19 4 44996 36m 2792 R 0.0 2.4 0:38.25 httpd
top - 16:20:58 up 9:01, 1 user, load average: 3.83, 2.83, 3.37
Tasks: 88 total, 6 running, 70 sleeping, 0 stopped, 12 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.3% us, 4.6% sy, 18.0% ni, 77.1% id, 0.1% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 737144k used, 835720k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
17448 shnelerc 19 4 28512 15m 5364 R 8.2 1.0 0:00.25 php
17454 shnelerc 19 4 28252 15m 5412 R 7.9 1.0 0:00.24 php
17498 shnelerc 19 4 24512 11m 5096 R 4.6 0.7 0:00.14 php
13799 root 15 0 1976 1004 780 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.06 top
17691 albadyhc 20 4 2784 1252 1136 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 suphp
17695 shnelerc 22 4 2784 1252 1136 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 suphp
top - 16:21:01 up 9:01, 1 user, load average: 3.83, 2.83, 3.37
Tasks: 89 total, 8 running, 70 sleeping, 0 stopped, 11 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.0% us, 4.2% sy, 24.5% ni, 71.2% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 770584k used, 802280k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
17454 shnelerc 20 4 29940 17m 5512 R 12.6 1.1 0:00.62 php
17735 shnelerc 19 4 27468 14m 5408 R 7.0 1.0 0:00.21 php
17720 albadyhc 20 4 26184 13m 5308 R 6.3 0.9 0:00.19 php
17498 shnelerc 19 4 29820 16m 5468 R 5.7 1.1 0:00.31 php
17691 albadyhc 19 4 25404 12m 5344 R 5.7 0.8 0:00.17 php
17805 albadyhc 22 4 21400 7720 4292 R 1.7 0.5 0:00.05 php
17784 zeraiahc 22 4 20608 6312 3660 R 1.3 0.4 0:00.04 php
13799 root 15 0 1976 1004 780 R 0.3 0.1 0:00.07 top
top - 16:21:04 up 9:01, 1 user, load average: 4.00, 2.88, 3.39
Tasks: 91 total, 7 running, 73 sleeping, 0 stopped, 11 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.5% us, 7.1% sy, 26.8% ni, 65.6% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 763392k used, 809472k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
17454 shnelerc 19 4 30976 17m 5528 R 12.1 1.2 0:00.99 php
17695 shnelerc 20 4 29976 17m 5496 R 10.5 1.1 0:00.57 php
18185 albadyhc 22 4 18516 4444 2764 R 1.0 0.3 0:00.03 php
13799 root 15 0 1976 1004 780 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.07 top
14210 nobody 19 4 45376 36m 1880 R 0.0 2.4 0:00.60 httpd
16089 goldenes 21 4 23612 10m 5240 R 0.0 0.7 0:00.12 php
18190 alruqiah 22 4 2784 1248 1136 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 suphp
top - 16:21:07 up 9:01, 1 user, load average: 4.00, 2.88, 3.39
Tasks: 91 total, 7 running, 73 sleeping, 0 stopped, 11 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.0% us, 6.0% sy, 27.2% ni, 64.1% id, 2.6% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 755124k used, 817740k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
17784 zeraiahc 19 4 30784 18m 5700 R 7.0 1.2 0:00.47 php
17920 shnelerc 19 4 0 0 0 R 6.7 0.0 0:00.38 php
18185 albadyhc 22 4 25272 12m 5304 R 4.0 0.8 0:00.15 php
17805 albadyhc 19 4 26952 14m 5436 R 3.0 0.9 0:00.26 php
18248 albadyhc 22 4 20872 6980 4068 R 1.3 0.4 0:00.04 php
5578 mailnull 16 0 8620 4036 2720 R 0.0 0.3 0:00.10 exim
13799 root 15 0 1976 1004 780 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.07 top
top - 16:21:10 up 9:01, 1 user, load average: 4.56, 3.01, 3.43
Tasks: 89 total, 8 running, 71 sleeping, 0 stopped, 10 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.3% us, 8.2% sy, 23.6% ni, 67.9% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 767176k used, 805688k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
18260 shnelerc 19 4 28516 15m 5412 R 8.0 1.0 0:00.25 php
18259 shnelerc 19 4 27996 14m 5348 R 6.7 1.0 0:00.21 php
17805 albadyhc 20 4 19080 7752 5044 R 4.8 0.5 0:00.41 php
18329 shnelerc 22 4 23740 10m 4936 R 3.5 0.7 0:00.11 php
18225 albadyhc 19 4 26304 13m 5376 R 1.3 0.9 0:00.20 php
18352 goldenes 20 4 18516 4292 2696 R 1.0 0.3 0:00.03 php
13799 root 15 0 1976 1004 780 R 0.3 0.1 0:00.08 top
22450 root 23 8 31360 28m 2508 R 0.0 1.8 0:03.05 spamd
top - 16:21:13 up 9:01, 1 user, load average: 5.00, 3.13, 3.46
Tasks: 89 total, 8 running, 71 sleeping, 0 stopped, 10 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.2% us, 7.6% sy, 29.4% ni, 62.0% id, 0.8% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 768820k used, 804044k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
18260 shnelerc 20 4 30460 17m 5500 R 8.1 1.1 0:00.50 php
18329 shnelerc 19 4 29040 15m 5480 R 7.1 1.0 0:00.33 php
18225 albadyhc 20 4 28552 15m 5488 R 6.5 1.0 0:00.40 php
18414 shnelerc 22 4 23208 9.8m 4732 R 2.9 0.6 0:00.09 php
18248 albadyhc 19 4 26700 13m 5416 R 2.3 0.9 0:00.23 php
19458 shnelerc 21 4 18516 3564 2560 R 0.6 0.2 0:00.02 php
23571 nobody 21 4 45512 36m 1900 R 0.6 2.4 0:01.04 httpd
13799 root 15 0 1976 1004 780 R 0.3 0.1 0:00.09 top
top - 16:21:16 up 9:01, 1 user, load average: 5.00, 3.13, 3.46
Tasks: 86 total, 2 running, 73 sleeping, 0 stopped, 11 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.1% us, 3.0% sy, 18.3% ni, 78.2% id, 0.4% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 745060k used, 827804k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
19458 shnelerc 19 4 29036 16m 5476 R 11.6 1.1 0:00.37 php
13799 root 15 0 1976 1004 780 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.09 top
top - 16:21:19 up 9:01, 1 user, load average: 4.76, 3.11, 3.45
Tasks: 84 total, 4 running, 69 sleeping, 0 stopped, 11 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.1% us, 0.9% sy, 9.4% ni, 89.3% id, 0.2% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 717636k used, 855228k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
19597 shnelerc 23 4 23208 9116 4620 R 2.7 0.6 0:00.08 php
13799 root 15 0 1976 1004 780 R 0.3 0.1 0:00.10 top
18120 nobody 19 4 45400 36m 1720 R 0.0 2.4 0:00.04 httpd
18352 goldenes 21 4 23612 10m 5240 R 0.0 0.7 0:00.12 php
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Well you didn't allow enough lines in the output to be able to see anything useful. Any particular reason you didn't just run "top" and then watch to see who was abusing?
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That's "load", not CPU usage. "Load" is the number of active processes; on a system where the critical limit is I/O, load can go high even though the CPU is idle most of the time.
See the example below from your list of results ... load of 5, even though the CPU is idle 62% of the time, and half the memory is free. But at times there were 8 running processes, which is why load was higher.
Can you find out if it's only your VPS affected or other VPS systems on the same server?
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top - 16:21:13 up 9:01, 1 user, load average: 5.00, 3.13, 3.46
Tasks: 89 total, 8 running, 71 sleeping, 0 stopped, 10 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.2% us, 7.6% sy, 29.4% ni, 62.0% id, 0.8% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 1572864k total, 768820k used, 804044k free, 0k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 0k cached
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Can you find out if it's only your VPS affected or other VPS systems on the same server?
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Looks like it is being caused by some PHP scripts. It's not 100% clear from the details you provided but during the times of high load User: shnelerc seems to be generating above average CPU.
I would investigate that site and see if any of the PHP scripts they are using are running inefficiently.
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top is a super nice command, i love using it! As Mike mentioned give that a shot!
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D'oh, I must be out of it today - I've just never seen a TOP report only showing the top few lines, usually Linux servers are going to have a few dozen processes. Did you trim some of the results out? (I was thinking something like head -n 20 instead of how -n applies to a batch top) sorry
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I guess that's the "-i" parameter ignoring idle processes ... so the httpd process is not showing most of the time.
Looking again, when load is higher, then the memory used is around 700mb
So: what is the memory setup on the VPS? Does it have 700mb or more of dedicated RAM?
And what's using the 700MB? It's not the processes listed by "top", so it must be idle processes. Is the memory use a result of httpd settings? Maybe there's a keepalive setting set to a longish value, which is causing idle process to occupy RAM.
I'd run top again and have it include idle processes to see what their memory consumption is. Then see if I could modify httpd settings to reduce the number of idle processes, with the aim of reducing the peak memory usage to below the dedicated RAM of the VPS.
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My memory setup is 768 MB Guaranteed (1.5 GB Burst RAM).
Yes the command I used ignores idle processes.
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Number of newly created process can significantly change the CPU load. CPU load parameter itself a "vulnerable" way to understand your cpu usage from my sense. Although, for your situation, you should probably talk with your VPS provider to check the load, it seems pretty unusual to me.
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If you are on an openvz node it's possible that the node is oversubscribed
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