debian: sarge kernel: 2.6.8-3-686-smp
Hello, on a DELL server bi-Xéon 3,2Ghz, i've got a loadavg of 55.37 all days longs but all work fine on the server. Here is an example : server:~# cat /proc/loadavg 55.37 55.73 55.87 1/86 20505 serveur:~# top -b top - 13:13:17 up 144 days, 21:34, 1 user, load average: 55.58, 55.71, 55.84 Tasks: 77 total, 1 running, 75 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombie Cpu(s): 7.3% us, 0.9% sy, 0.0% ni, 90.6% id, 0.9% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.2% si Mem: 3370424k total, 2385048k used, 985376k free, 603364k buffers Swap: 1951888k total, 4k used, 1951884k free, 360264k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 1 root 16 0 1504 484 1352 S 0.0 0.0 1:13.16 init 2 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 2:33.20 migration/0 3 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.64 ksoftirqd/0 4 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:56.94 migration/1 5 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:07.19 ksoftirqd/1 6 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 1:41.73 migration/2 7 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:02.15 ksoftirqd/2 8 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:42.31 migration/3 9 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:06.43 ksoftirqd/3 10 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:04.29 events/0 11 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.00 events/1 12 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 events/2 13 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:02.38 events/3 14 root 6 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khelper 15 root 7 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kacpid 66 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd/0 67 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.04 kblockd/1 68 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 kblockd/2 69 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.04 kblockd/3 81 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.47 kswapd0 82 root 7 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/0 83 root 7 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/1 84 root 7 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/2 85 root 7 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/3 222 root 23 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.05 kseriod 242 root 16 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_0 252 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khubd 327 root 22 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 pciehpd_event 329 root 21 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 shpchpd_event 368 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.05 kjournald 656 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 134:55.55 kjournald 657 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:09.13 kjournald 658 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 2:49.76 kjournald 659 root 21 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kjournald 660 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kjournald 1846 daemon 15 0 1620 472 1440 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 portmap 1855 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:45.36 rpciod 1856 root 17 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 lockd 2038 root 16 0 1564 660 1392 S 0.0 0.0 3:17.31 syslogd 2041 root 16 0 2404 1496 1344 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.05 klogd 2126 root 19 0 1500 436 1344 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 inetd 2129 root 16 0 1500 460 1332 S 0.0 0.0 0:03.78 irqbalance 2133 nagios 16 0 2936 1392 2748 S 0.0 0.0 1:10.62 nrpe 2187 root 22 0 2576 1320 2380 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 sh 2188 root 16 0 1516 464 1336 S 0.0 0.0 0:04.79 bbrun 2245 root 15 0 3480 1452 3096 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 sshd 2256 root 18 0 1676 744 1504 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rpc.statd 2259 root 16 0 3256 3256 2788 S 0.0 0.1 0:07.68 ntpd 2265 root 16 0 1768 836 1576 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.33 cron 2273 root 17 0 1504 484 1336 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 getty 2274 root 16 0 1504 484 1336 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty 2276 root 16 0 1504 484 1336 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty 2277 root 16 0 1504 484 1336 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty 2278 root 16 0 1504 484 1336 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty 2279 root 16 0 1508 488 1336 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty 27252 Debian-e 16 0 4452 1536 4068 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.19 exim4 12253 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 3:20.88 pdflush 20119 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:09.33 pdflush 17737 root 26 10 1512 604 1344 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 acpid 22961 root 16 0 16112 10m 6980 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.57 publi 22963 root 6 -10 32980 11m 7180 S 0.0 0.4 0:01.64 publi 22964 root 15 0 366m 315m 7492 S 0.0 9.6 6:25.31 publi 22965 root 6 -10 32812 11m 7140 S 0.0 0.4 0:01.58 publi 22966 root 16 0 41764 12m 7180 S 0.0 0.4 0:00.77 publi 22968 root 16 0 72528 24m 7180 S 0.0 0.7 0:20.07 publi 22969 root 16 0 343m 295m 7180 S 0.0 9.0 0:04.79 publi 22970 root 16 0 105m 58m 7260 S 0.0 1.8 0:02.33 publi 22971 root 16 0 32988 11m 7180 S 0.0 0.4 0:01.51 publi 2469 root 0 -20 112m 73m 7260 S 0.0 2.2 0:05.56 publi 17821 root 17 0 0 0 0 Z 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 convert <defunct> 19108 root 16 0 6220 1944 5776 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.06 sshd 19110 root 15 0 3080 1728 2708 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.02 bash 20543 root 15 0 2488 1156 2380 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 synchro 20559 root 17 0 1728 504 1560 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 sleep 20736 root 21 0 2492 1236 2380 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rechargePubli 20772 root 22 0 1728 504 1560 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 sleep 20839 root 15 0 2068 964 1852 R 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 top Have you ever seen this problem? Is it a kernel bug ? -- -- Julien WICQUART NEWTECH MULTIMEDIA Responsable Exploitation 3 ch du Pigeonnier de la Cépière Tel: +33 5 61 43 14 80 31081 TOULOUSE Gsm: +33 6 88 17 16 30 http://www.newtech.fr/ Fax: +33 5 61 43 20 11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]