Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 14:55:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Rus Foster <rghf@fsck.me.uk> To: Jamie <jamie@gnulife.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Server spinning out of control... Message-ID: <20030728145307.B68935@thor.65535.net> In-Reply-To: <20030728165345.A71147-100000@floyd.gnulife.org> References: <20030728165345.A71147-100000@floyd.gnulife.org>
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On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Jamie wrote: > > > That is a good idea, thanks. We did check that though. Went through > each user's accounts checking their .forwards and procmaillrc files. > > We are running spamassassin 2.55, and in the global procmailrc file we > call spamc which connects to a spamd running on another machine. > > Are you aware of any other system utilities that might be used to > trace CPU consumption and trap problems? We've taken a lot of stabs in the > dark with what it could be, and we'd like to try some solid diagnostic > utils to shed more light. > > - Jamie I'm not sure if this will work on 3.4 but try the following have vmstat running so you can see why the load is jumping. It could be disk I/O issues or memory. Also you want to track which processes are just starting. Do a google for freebsd system accouting to see if that can be turned on. HTH Rgds Rus www: http://jvds.com | Virtual Servers from just $15/mo MSNM: support@jvds.com | Totally Customizable Technology e: rghf@jvds.com | forums: http://forums.jvds.com 10% donation to FreeBSD.org on each purchase
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