> >> > btw i dont think that just restart is the way how to solve it. > >> > there must be some httpd config which bound the number of httpd childern. > >> > >> Is it the number of children that causes problems? There is also a > >> spamd process that has grown to +100M virtual memory. > > > > look again on the picture, i made more zoomed view. > > i would say there is stronger correlation with the green line - especially > > look on the start of the peaks. > > If the httpd begin to use 1.6G of virtual memory, I am not surprised > that the load increases... The question is to know how this happened: > many medium-sized httpd processes, or on huge one?
look on my reply to Sven. i guess many medium-sized httpd processes is the cause. pavel