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Thread: Isn't this nice?
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05-27-2004, 07:35 AM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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Isn't this nice?
12:21:21 up 10 min, 1 user, load average: 429.49, 245.40, 103.25
795 processes: 786 sleeping, 6 running, 3 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU states: 7.1% user 8.1% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 84.7% idle
Mem: 1022856k av, 746872k used, 275984k free, 0k shrd, 26264k buff
460768k actv, 91452k in_d, 15360k in_c
Swap: 1044216k av, 241672k used, 802544k free 118160k cached
It is my best record...
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05-27-2004, 07:52 AM #2Web Hosting Master
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Damn that is a high load. Did you end up finding out what process or processes was causing that high load.
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05-27-2004, 08:00 AM #3Junior Guru Wannabe
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It is anti-spam and antivirus system with exim that is causing this big loads.
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05-27-2004, 08:11 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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So do you mean Spamd and Mailscanner are causing those high loads.
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05-27-2004, 08:35 AM #5Junior Guru Wannabe
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Yes, mainly mail processes are on heave load I think. Better make a crontab entry to restart sendmail server after few hours automatically. It is not a proper solve. But, nothing doing, else server will be very slow really and nobody can connect.
Better unload the antivirus, they can't stop new viruses, only increse the load of the server.... It's horrible really.Helpdesk : Sir, you need to add 10GB space to your HD , Customer : Could you please tell where I can download that?
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05-27-2004, 08:45 AM #6Junior Guru Wannabe
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You are probable right bidhata, I'm going to disable antivirus. I can't afford this high loads again!
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05-27-2004, 08:45 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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Why don't you install SIM from rfxnetworks.org. The following is the url:
http://rfxnetworks.com/sim.php
If you want this installed i can do it for you for free.
Just contact me Chris@dibellawebhosting.com
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05-27-2004, 08:49 AM #8Web Hosting Master
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If you want to narrow down the problem i am willing to help you.
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05-27-2004, 09:03 AM #9Junior Guru Wannabe
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I allready have SIM on this box. The problem is now solved!
Thanks for you help!
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05-27-2004, 09:07 AM #10Junior Guru Wannabe
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SIM really solved the problem ? Or anyother stuff ? Please let us know.
Helpdesk : Sir, you need to add 10GB space to your HD , Customer : Could you please tell where I can download that?
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05-27-2004, 09:14 AM #11Web Hosting Master
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SIM will not solve the problem however it will help avoid further problems caused by the server crashing.
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05-27-2004, 09:20 AM #12Junior Guru Wannabe
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I know that SIM will not resolve my problem.
To solve this probelm I simple disable Anti Spam and Anti Virus in the mail server until i find a better solution.
What cause this problem, I don't konw. I have this box about 4 months and never have this kind of problem.
I'm going to investigate this a litle more...
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05-27-2004, 09:21 AM #13Junior Guru Wannabe
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But as per it's doc stateing that it will automatically reboot the services, but if somebody sending some important mail, and that time service rebooted, that spool will be loosed. Is it a good solution ?
Helpdesk : Sir, you need to add 10GB space to your HD , Customer : Could you please tell where I can download that?
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05-27-2004, 09:21 AM #14Web Hosting Master
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Yes, but isn't it better to fix the high load problem then to use a bandaid patch to fix the problem temporarily.
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05-27-2004, 09:23 AM #15Web Hosting Master
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Tiago,
I was just wondering by any chance did you update cpanel lately?
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05-27-2004, 09:28 AM #16Junior Guru Wannabe
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... But it is not the proper solution. Only a bandaid. I really belive there is no need of Real firewall and Anti Virus . Becasue they jail the box from outside world. Jailing yourself ,to protect yourself from thifes is not the proper way.
Helpdesk : Sir, you need to add 10GB space to your HD , Customer : Could you please tell where I can download that?
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05-27-2004, 09:34 AM #17Web Hosting Master
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Actually there is a need for a firewall and antivirus utilities to be in place because they allow a balance between security and freedom. If you configure a firewall and antivirus application correctly they can both deter many bad things.
However if there is a will there is a way.
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05-27-2004, 10:23 AM #18Problem Solver
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modify mailscanner to use the clamav perl module its quicker and less load intensive
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05-27-2004, 12:33 PM #19Junior Guru Wannabe
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Problem solved! This issue was caused by more then 7000 message in mail queue!
The most part of this messages was SPAM and i just proceed with deleting them
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05-27-2004, 12:44 PM #20Junior Guru Wannabe
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Oh God .. :p , I think it is not spam, it is Netsky.Variant viruses.
Helpdesk : Sir, you need to add 10GB space to your HD , Customer : Could you please tell where I can download that?
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05-27-2004, 01:25 PM #21Junior Guru Wannabe
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It was spam or a kind of.... It was someone abusing a subscrive system of a malling list.