Web Hosting Talk : Web Hosting Main Forums : Dedicated Server : CPU load, can someone pls explain?

[Frankc22]

With just two domains, no websites and one email address a NEW server run at the following.

Server load 2.04 (16 CPUs)
Load Averages: 0.77 1.16 1.15
(Checked several times today)

Compared to our current server at almost HALF the cost of above server and 200 + active websites and hundreds of emails.

0.17 (4 CPUs)
Load Averages: 0.13 0.19 0.14

Do I miss something, misunderstand the cpu usage or is something not right with the new server??

[Bernardoo]

Maybe the output of the command 'top' will help us finding out whats causing that much load.

[XeHSean]

Originally Posted by Bernardoo

Maybe the output of the command 'top' will help us finding out whats causing that much load.

Can you please provide us with the output of the top command?

[Frankc22]

Nothing at all except 0.3 for TOP and 0.2 for SHH.

(I reload and reload whm and it went from 0.49 up to 1.10 while I still checking top output.

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Tasks: 306 total, 1 running, 305 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.0%us, 0.0%sy, 0.0%ni,100.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 24946216k total, 1444340k used, 23501876k free, 202756k buffers
Swap: 8385888k total, 0k used, 8385888k free, 1022388k cached

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28374 root 15 0 2540 1140 788 R 0.7 0.0 0:00.21 top
1 root 15 0 2160 604 520 S 0.0 0.0 0:03.16 init
2 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0
3 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/0
4 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0
5 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 migration/1
6 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.37 ksoftirqd/1
7 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/1
8 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 migration/2
9 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.66 ksoftirqd/2
10 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/2
11 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/3
12 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.68 ksoftirqd/3
13 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/3
14 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/4
15 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.04 ksoftirqd/4
16 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/4
17 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 migration/5
18 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/5
19 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/5
20 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/6
21 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/6
22 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/6
23 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/7
24 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/7
25 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/7
26 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/8
27 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/8
28 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/8
29 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.06 migration/9
30 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/9
31 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/9
32 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/10
33 root 39 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/10
34 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/10
35 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/11
36 root 39 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/11
37 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/11
38 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/12
39 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/12
40 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/12

[Frankc22]

100.0%id

Perhaps problem with this one CPU?

(I count 8 CPU's above, WHM report 16 but in server info whm say 10 cpu's)

Total processors: 10

Processor #1

Vendor
GenuineIntel

Name
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz

Speed
1600.000 MHz

Cache
12288 KB

[Flapadar]

less /proc/cpuinfo

[Mark-Hall]

Hello,

Are you using a dedicated server or it is a VPS/Cloud server?

Because this CPU E5620 is coming with 4 cores eq 8 threads and not 12 or 10 ...

Please give us more information about this.

[Frankc22]

Dedicated Server from Netdepot

Intel Dual Xeon X5620 Westmere
8x2.40 GHz
2.0 TB SATA II
24 GB

root@venus [~]# less /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 44
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 1600.000
cache size : 12288 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 8
core id : 0
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 0
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 11
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc ida nonstop_tsc arat pni monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm [8]
bogomips : 4800.68

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 44
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 1600.000
cache size : 12288 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 8
core id : 1
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 11
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht t/proc/cpuinfo

[Website themes]

Do a cat /proc/cpuinfo for the full list

Anyway from your opening post I see the load average is declining so maybe it's because of some maintenance task that just completed and drove up load temporarily? Also I suggest you run top and then shift+p to sort by CPU usage from highest to lowest. That should give us an idea as to what process is using CPU time.

[jblndn715]

If possible please update the result of the following command,
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sar -u
ps -aux --sort pmem
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[Frankc22]

root@venus [/]# sar -u
Linux 2.6.18-238.19.1.el5PAE (venus.ismartmail.net) 09/05/2011

12:00:01 AM CPU %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle
12:10:02 AM all 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.96
12:20:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
12:30:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
12:40:01 AM all 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.97
12:50:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
01:00:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
01:10:01 AM all 0.02 0.04 0.03 0.01 0.00 99.89
01:20:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
01:30:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
01:40:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
01:50:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
02:00:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
02:10:01 AM all 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.97
02:20:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
02:30:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
02:40:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
02:50:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
03:00:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
03:10:01 AM all 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.96
03:20:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.97
03:30:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
03:40:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
03:50:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
04:00:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
04:10:01 AM all 0.06 0.00 0.03 0.15 0.00 99.75
04:20:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
04:30:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
04:40:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
04:50:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
05:00:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
05:10:01 AM all 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.95
05:20:01 AM all 0.49 0.00 0.05 0.06 0.00 99.39
05:30:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
05:40:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
05:50:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
06:00:01 AM all 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.98
06:10:01 AM all 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.97
06:20:01 AM all 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 99.96
06:30:01 AM all 0.03 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 99.95
Average: all 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 99.95

06:32:11 AM LINUX RESTART

06:40:01 AM CPU %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle
06:50:01 AM all 0.03 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.00 99.94
07:00:01 AM all 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.96
07:10:01 AM all 0.07 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.00 99.87
07:20:01 AM all 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.95
07:30:01 AM all 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.95
07:40:01 AM all 0.04 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 99.94
07:50:01 AM all 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.96
08:00:01 AM all 0.03 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.00 99.94
08:10:01 AM all 0.03 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.00 99.95
08:20:01 AM all 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 99.96
08:30:01 AM all 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.96
08:40:01 AM all 0.04 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 99.94
08:50:01 AM all 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.97
09:00:01 AM all 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.96
09:10:01 AM all 0.05 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.00 99.92
09:20:01 AM all 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.95
09:30:01 AM all 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.97
09:40:01 AM all 0.04 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.95
09:50:01 AM all 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.97
10:00:01 AM all 0.05 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.00 99.92
10:10:01 AM all 0.08 0.00 0.03 0.02 0.00 99.87
10:20:01 AM all 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.96
10:30:01 AM all 4.15 0.00 1.25 0.15 0.00 94.44
10:40:01 AM all 0.63 0.00 0.23 0.01 0.00 99.13
10:50:01 AM all 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.97
11:00:01 AM all 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.96
11:10:01 AM all 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.95
ps -aux --sort pmem
11:20:01 AM all 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.97
11:30:01 AM all 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.96
11:40:01 AM all 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.95
11:50:01 AM all 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 99.96
12:00:01 PM all 0.04 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 99.93
Average: all 0.18 0.00 0.06 0.01 0.00 99.75
root@venus [/]# ps -aux --sort pmem
Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See /usr/share/doc/procps-3.2.7/FAQ
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
root 1 0.0 0.0 2160 644 ? Ss 06:31 0:02 init [3]
root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [migration/0]
root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 06:31 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [watchdog/0]
root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [migration/1]
root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 06:31 0:00 [ksoftirqd/1]
root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [watchdog/1]
root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [migration/2]
root 9 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 06:31 0:00 [ksoftirqd/2]
root 10 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [watchdog/2]
root 11 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [migration/3]
root 12 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 06:31 0:00 [ksoftirqd/3]
root 13 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [watchdog/3]
root 14 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [migration/4]
root 15 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 06:31 0:00 [ksoftirqd/4]
root 16 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [watchdog/4]
root 17 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [migration/5]
root 18 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 06:31 0:00 [ksoftirqd/5]
root 19 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [watchdog/5]
root 20 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [migration/6]
root 21 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 06:31 0:00 [ksoftirqd/6]
root 22 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [watchdog/6]
root 23 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [migration/7]
root 24 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 06:31 0:00 [ksoftirqd/7]
root 25 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [watchdog/7]
root 26 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [migration/8]
root 27 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 06:31 0:00 [ksoftirqd/8]
root 28 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [watchdog/8]
root 29 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [migration/9]
root 30 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 06:31 0:00 [ksoftirqd/9]
root 31 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [watchdog/9]
root 32 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [migration/10]
root 33 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 06:31 0:00 [ksoftirqd/10]
root 34 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [watchdog/10]
root 35 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [migration/11]
root 36 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 06:31 0:00 [ksoftirqd/11]
root 37 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [watchdog/11]
root 38 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [migration/12]
root 39 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 06:31 0:00 [ksoftirqd/12]
root 40 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [watchdog/12]
root 41 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [migration/13]
root 42 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 06:31 0:00 [ksoftirqd/13]
root 43 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [watchdog/13]
root 44 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [migration/14]
root 45 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 06:31 0:00 [ksoftirqd/14]
root 46 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [watchdog/14]
root 47 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [migration/15]
root 48 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 06:31 0:00 [ksoftirqd/15]
root 49 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [watchdog/15]
root 50 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [events/0]
root 51 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [events/1]
root 52 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [events/2]
root 53 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [events/3]
root 54 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [events/4]
root 55 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [events/5]
root 56 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [events/6]
root 57 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [events/7]
root 58 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [events/8]
root 59 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [events/9]
root 60 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [events/10]
root 61 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [events/11]
root 62 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [events/12]
root 63 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [events/13]
root 64 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [events/14]
root 65 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [events/15]
root 66 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [khelper]
root 67 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [kthread]
root 85 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [kblockd/0]
root 86 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [kblockd/1]
root 87 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [kblockd/2]
root 88 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [kblockd/3]
root 89 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [kblockd/4]
root 90 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [kblockd/5]
root 91 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [kblockd/6]
root 92 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [kblockd/7]
root 93 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [kblockd/8]
root 94 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [kblockd/9]
root 95 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [kblockd/10]
root 96 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [kblockd/11]
root 97 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [kblockd/12]
root 98 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [kblockd/13]
root 99 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [kblockd/14]
root 100 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [kblockd/15]
root 101 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [kacpid]
root 267 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [cqueue/0]
root 268 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [cqueue/1]
root 269 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [cqueue/2]
root 270 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [cqueue/3]
root 271 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [cqueue/4]
root 272 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [cqueue/5]
root 273 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [cqueue/6]
root 274 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [cqueue/7]
root 275 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [cqueue/8]
root 276 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [cqueue/9]
root 277 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [cqueue/10]
root 278 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [cqueue/11]
root 279 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [cqueue/12]
root 280 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [cqueue/13]
root 281 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [cqueue/14]
root 282 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [cqueue/15]
root 285 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [khubd]
root 287 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [kseriod]
root 426 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:31 0:00 [khungtaskd]
root 427 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:31 0:00 [pdflush]
root 428 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 06:31 0:00 [pdflush]
root 429 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [kswapd0]
root 430 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [aio/0]
root 431 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [aio/1]
root 432 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [aio/2]
root 433 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [aio/3]
root 434 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [aio/4]
root 435 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [aio/5]
root 436 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [aio/6]
root 437 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [aio/7]
root 438 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [aio/8]
root 439 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [aio/9]
root 440 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [aio/10]
root 441 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [aio/11]
root 442 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [aio/12]
root 443 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [aio/13]
root 444 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [aio/14]
root 445 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [aio/15]
root 617 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [kpsmoused]
root 759 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [ata/0]
root 760 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [ata/1]
root 761 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [ata/2]
root 762 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [ata/3]
root 763 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [ata/4]
root 764 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [ata/5]
root 765 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [ata/6]
root 766 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [ata/7]
root 767 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [ata/8]
root 768 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [ata/9]
root 769 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [ata/10]
root 770 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [ata/11]
root 771 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [ata/12]
root 772 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [ata/13]
root 773 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [ata/14]
root 774 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [ata/15]
root 775 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [ata_aux]
root 793 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [scsi_eh_0]
root 794 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [scsi_eh_1]
root 795 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [scsi_eh_2]
root 796 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [scsi_eh_3]
root 848 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:31 0:00 [kstriped]
root 917 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kjournald]
root 942 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kauditd]
root 975 0.0 0.0 2392 680 ? S<s 06:32 0:00 /sbin/udevd -d
root 2810 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kmpathd/0]
root 2811 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kmpathd/1]
root 2812 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kmpathd/2]
root 2813 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kmpathd/3]
root 2814 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kmpathd/4]
root 2815 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kmpathd/5]
root 2816 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kmpathd/6]
root 2817 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kmpathd/7]
root 2818 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kmpathd/8]
root 2819 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kmpathd/9]
root 2820 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kmpathd/10]
root 2821 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kmpathd/11]
root 2822 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kmpathd/12]
root 2823 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kmpathd/13]
root 2824 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kmpathd/14]
root 2825 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kmpathd/15]
root 2826 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kmpath_handlerd]
root 2868 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kjournald]
root 2870 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kjournald]
root 2872 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kjournald]
root 2874 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kjournald]
root 2876 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kjournald]
root 3208 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [iscsi_eh]
root 3445 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [ib_addr]
root 3497 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [ib_mcast]
root 3498 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [ib_inform]
root 3499 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [local_sa]
root 3518 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [iw_cm_wq]
root 3536 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [ib_cm/0]
root 3537 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [ib_cm/1]
root 3538 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [ib_cm/2]
root 3539 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [ib_cm/3]
root 3540 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [ib_cm/4]
root 3541 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [ib_cm/5]
root 3542 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [ib_cm/6]
root 3543 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [ib_cm/7]
root 3544 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [ib_cm/8]
root 3545 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [ib_cm/9]
root 3546 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [ib_cm/10]
root 3547 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [ib_cm/11]
root 3548 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [ib_cm/12]
root 3549 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [ib_cm/13]
root 3550 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [ib_cm/14]
root 3551 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [ib_cm/15]
root 3572 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [rdma_cm]
root 3616 0.0 0.0 22456 428 ? Ssl 06:32 0:00 brcm_iscsiuio
root 3621 0.0 0.0 3700 428 ? Ss 06:32 0:00 iscsid
root 3622 0.0 0.0 4156 4152 ? S<Ls 06:32 0:00 iscsid
root 3960 0.0 0.0 12628 764 ? S<sl 06:32 0:00 auditd
root 3962 0.0 0.0 13188 728 ? S<sl 06:32 0:00 /sbin/audispd
root 4107 0.0 0.0 10320 6644 ? S 10:25 0:00 tailwatchd
root 4140 0.0 0.0 1816 576 ? Ss 06:32 0:00 syslogd -m 0
root 4143 0.0 0.0 1764 400 ? Ss 06:32 0:00 klogd -x
root 4255 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kondemand/0]
root 4256 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kondemand/1]
root 4257 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kondemand/2]
root 4258 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kondemand/3]
root 4259 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kondemand/4]
root 4260 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kondemand/5]
root 4261 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kondemand/6]
root 4262 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kondemand/7]
root 4263 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kondemand/8]
root 4264 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kondemand/9]
root 4265 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kondemand/10]
root 4266 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kondemand/11]
root 4267 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kondemand/12]
root 4268 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kondemand/13]
root 4269 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kondemand/14]
root 4270 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [kondemand/15]
root 4286 0.0 0.0 2560 388 ? Ss 06:32 0:00 irqbalance
root 4358 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [rpciod/0]
root 4359 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [rpciod/1]
root 4360 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [rpciod/2]
root 4361 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [rpciod/3]
root 4362 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [rpciod/4]
root 4363 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [rpciod/5]
root 4364 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [rpciod/6]
root 4365 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [rpciod/7]
root 4366 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [rpciod/8]
root 4367 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [rpciod/9]
root 4368 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [rpciod/10]
root 4369 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [rpciod/11]
root 4370 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [rpciod/12]
root 4371 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [rpciod/13]
root 4372 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [rpciod/14]
root 4373 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [rpciod/15]
root 4426 0.0 0.0 5936 640 ? Ss 06:32 0:00 rpc.idmapd
dbus 4449 0.0 0.0 2848 860 ? Ss 06:32 0:00 dbus-daemon --system
root 4462 0.0 0.0 2256 756 ? Ss 06:32 0:00 /usr/sbin/hcid
root 4468 0.0 0.0 1832 496 ? Ss 06:32 0:00 /usr/sbin/sdpd
root 4534 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 06:32 0:00 [krfcommd]
root 4579 0.0 0.0 12960 1340 ? Ssl 06:32 0:00 pcscd
root 4593 0.0 0.0 1760 536 ? Ss 06:32 0:00 /usr/sbin/acpid
68 4606 0.0 0.0 6264 4256 ? Ss 06:32 0:00 hald
root 4607 0.0 0.0 3264 1016 ? S 06:32 0:00 hald-runner
68 4616 0.0 0.0 2108 808 ? S 06:32 0:00 hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket
68 4619 0.0 0.0 2108 800 ? S 06:32 0:00 hald-addon-keyboard: listening on /dev/input/event1
root 4670 0.0 0.0 2008 440 ? Ss 06:32 0:00 /usr/bin/hidd --server
root 4721 0.0 0.0 28472 1516 ? Ssl 06:32 0:00 automount
named 4743 0.0 0.0 195960 5336 ? Ssl 06:32 0:00 /usr/sbin/named -u named
root 4778 0.0 0.0 7208 1064 ? Ss 06:32 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd
root 4791 0.0 0.0 10248 2320 ? Ss 06:32 0:00 cupsd
root 4806 0.0 0.0 4632 1224 ? S 06:32 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --pid-file=/v
mysql 4870 0.0 0.0 133324 18804 ? Sl 06:32 0:00 /usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/ --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --user=mysql
mailnull 6247 0.0 0.0 10396 1104 ? Ss 06:32 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q60m
root 6279 0.0 0.0 20556 16092 ? Ss 06:32 0:01 lfd - sleeping
root 6291 0.0 0.1 42408 36912 ? Ss 06:32 0:01 /usr/bin/spamd -d --allowed-ips=127.0.0.1 --pidfile=/var/run/spamd.
root 6302 0.0 0.0 2160 592 ? Ss 06:32 0:00 /usr/sbin/dovecot
root 6304 0.0 0.0 2636 1012 ? S 06:32 0:00 dovecot-auth
dovecot 6307 0.0 0.0 5300 1696 ? S 06:32 0:00 pop3-login
dovecot 6308 0.0 0.0 5292 1708 ? S 06:32 0:00 pop3-login
dovecot 6309 0.0 0.0 5320 1984 ? S 06:32 0:00 imap-login
dovecot 6310 0.0 0.0 5320 1716 ? S 06:32 0:00 imap-login
root 6341 0.0 0.1 42804 36516 ? S 06:32 0:06 spamd child
root 6342 0.0 0.1 42408 35432 ? S 06:32 0:00 spamd child
root 6345 0.0 0.0 7672 1192 ? Ss 06:32 0:00 pure-ftpd (SERVER)
root 6347 0.0 0.0 7136 1096 ? S 06:32 0:00 /usr/sbin/pure-authd -s /var/run/ftpd.sock -r /usr/sbin/pureauth
root 6366 0.0 0.0 5388 1120 ? Ss 06:32 0:00 crond
root 6518 0.0 0.0 8824 4588 ? S 06:32 0:00 cPhulkd - processor
root 6548 0.0 0.0 17828 10940 ? S 06:32 0:00 cpdavd - accepting connections on 2077 and 2078
root 6579 0.0 0.0 7408 5292 ? S 06:32 0:00 queueprocd - wait to process a task
root 6588 0.0 0.0 4988 2436 ? SN 06:32 0:00 cpanellogd - sleeping for logs
root 6648 0.0 0.0 14380 7808 ? S 06:32 0:00 cpsrvd - waiting for connections
root 6690 0.0 0.0 3612 508 ? S 06:32 0:00 /usr/sbin/smartd -q never
root 6693 0.0 0.0 1748 468 tty1 Ss+ 06:32 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty1
root 6694 0.0 0.0 1748 444 tty2 Ss+ 06:32 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty2
root 6695 0.0 0.0 1748 448 tty3 Ss+ 06:32 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty3
root 6696 0.0 0.0 1748 472 tty4 Ss+ 06:32 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty4
root 6698 0.0 0.0 1748 444 tty5 Ss+ 06:32 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty5
root 6699 0.0 0.0 1748 440 tty6 Ss+ 06:32 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty6
root 18318 0.0 0.0 9420 4068 ? Ss 10:33 0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
root 19002 0.0 0.0 10260 6532 ? S 11:08 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/cpanel/bin/leechprotect
root 19008 0.0 0.0 9420 1520 ? S 11:08 0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody 19009 0.0 0.0 9420 2888 ? S 11:08 0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody 19010 0.0 0.0 9420 2892 ? S 11:08 0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody 19011 0.0 0.0 9548 2964 ? S 11:08 0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody 19012 0.0 0.0 9420 2960 ? S 11:08 0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody 19013 0.0 0.0 9420 2916 ? S 11:08 0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody 19644 0.0 0.0 9420 2884 ? S 11:40 0:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
root 20481 0.0 0.0 14880 8880 ? S 12:06 0:00 whostmgrd - serving 41.151.106.170
root 20552 0.1 0.0 10056 2884 ? Ss 12:08 0:00 sshd: root@pts/0
root 20567 0.2 0.0 4632 1452 pts/0 Ss 12:08 0:00 -bash
root 20613 0.0 0.0 4468 1008 pts/0 R+ 12:08 0:00 ps -aux --sort pmem
root@venus [/]#

[Frankc22]

Originally Posted by Website themes

Do a cat /proc/cpuinfo for the full list

Anyway from your opening post I see the load average is declining so maybe it's because of some maintenance task that just completed and drove up load temporarily? Also I suggest you run top and then shift+p to sort by CPU usage from highest to lowest. That should give us an idea as to what process is using CPU time.

16 CPU's

Basically I don't worry so much about CURRENT load, but about the HIGH load for a server that's supposed to be almost double better than current machine.

Current machine with almost 800 domains. (can check almost any time except stats / backup runs and it's under 0.99)

Server load 0.47 (4 CPUs)

This new, almost unused machine many times over 1.00

Server load 1.07 (16 CPUs)

[mpattongnax]

Frank,


One suggestion I have is you are runnning a 32bit OS on your server "venus" which has 16 cores and 24GB of RAM, I think you would get better use out of a 64bit OS.

Would you like to reload the OS with centos 64 w/ cpanel and see the results from that?

Please advise.


Matthew Patton
GNAX DALLAS

[mpattongnax]

processor : 15
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 44
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 1600.000
cache size : 12288 KB
physical id : 1
siblings : 8
core id : 10
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 53
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 11
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc ida nonstop_tsc arat pni monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm [8]
bogomips : 4800.18

root@venus [~]#


root@venus [~]# uname -a
Linux venus.ismartmail.net 2.6.18-238.19.1.el5PAE #1 SMP Fri Jul 15 08:15:44 EDT 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
root@venus [~]#

[Mark-Hall]

Hello,

I would recommend you to change your OS to 64Bit and do not use the PAE kernels.

It would help you to resolve this problem.

Best regards