Very High CPU loads and Server usage

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  1. Ankit

    Ankit Regular Member

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    I run a dedicated XEON server with 4GB RAM. I run Vbulletin and Joomla and since the past 15 days I am seeing a very high server load. I am attaching screenshots for the same. I am hosted with HG India, they suggest to go for an upgrade.

    However I want to take an informed decision. I have attached some screenshots kindly guide me on this (I am an amateur when it comes to server)
     

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  2. Iconic

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    Looks like its vbseo to me, I know a lot of people have had trouble with vBSEO resource wise.
     
  3. Ankit

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    @Iconic - Anyways I can solve this?
     
  4. cpvr

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    Remove vBSEO? See the thread about poor vBSEO support @SatGuyScott recently removed it, maybe he can give you the run down on how he did it?
     
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    Ya, they would be, but a redirection in your .htaccess would help that. I wonder if @Brandon knows where the thread where Scott said how he did it @SatGuyScott he posted this on the vBSEO thread:

     
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    remove vbseo ;)
     
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    I would check with vBSeo directly and see if they have any suggestions. Good Luck!
    BTW, how long have you been running vBSeo?
     
  9. Ankit

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    Sure I will check with VBSEO, I am running VBSEO since 14 months now never faced this issue
     
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    I don't know vbSEO -- can it give you any statistics about which web bots visited your site and how often? This way you could figure out which bots spend the most time on your site and perhaps disable them? I hope you are aware that with something like SEO, your traffic might increase exponentially, b/c bots learn about your site, they will tell other bots, and so on, you'll get a snowball effect.
     
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    Be sure to keep us updated on what they say. You're probably receiving more traffic now than before, which explains the high CPU usage.
     
  12. Ankit

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    I have mentioned some details about the server stats anyone can help with this. The host recommends an upgrade

    @Brandon - I am not able to upload a word file

    IOSTAT

    avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle
    20.91 0.04 48.15 0.17 0.00 30.73

    Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rsec/s wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util
    sda 1.05 61.59 12.79 20.91 257.11 695.37 28.26 0.38 11.25 0.70 2.35
    sda1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.51 0.00 7.54 7.42 0.00
    sda2 0.58 0.54 0.15 0.17 5.86 5.67 36.11 0.14 450.80 3.59 0.11
    sda3 0.47 61.04 12.63 20.75 251.25 689.70 28.19 0.24 7.05 0.70 2.34
    sdb 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 16.04 0.00 0.52 0.52 0.00
    sdb1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 16.00 0.00 0.51 0.50 0.00

    Free m

    free -m
    total used free shared buffers cached
    Mem: 3938 3624 314 0 265 2268
    -/+ buffers/cache: 1090 2847
    Swap: 8189 3681 4508

    Top command

    top - 15:05:20 up 95 days, 54 min, 1 user, load average: 5.21, 5.47, 5.56
    Tasks: 242 total, 7 running, 235 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
    Cpu(s): 26.0%us, 74.0%sy, 0.0%ni, 0.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
    Mem: 4033172k total, 3730980k used, 302192k free, 271548k buffers
    Swap: 8385920k total, 3769416k used, 4616504k free, 2333452k cached

    PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
    13188 gyan 25 0 189m 4888 4672 R 97.8 0.1 35423:18 php
    20875 gyan 25 0 151m 4036 3968 R 97.2 0.1 59177:29 php
    8424 gyan 25 0 190m 4896 4672 R 95.5 0.1 42638:37 php
    31872 gyan 25 0 187m 5432 5220 R 50.2 0.1 92180:31 php
    1001 gyan 25 0 186m 5440 5220 R 49.9 0.1 86584:51 php
    19470 gyan 17 0 237m 27m 18m S 3.7 0.7 0:00.11 php
    20289 mysql 15 0 646m 364m 4488 S 1.3 9.2 664:59.68 mysqld
    17648 nobody 18 0 412m 33m 2480 S 0.7 0.8 0:21.18 httpd
    19449 root 15 0 12880 1208 816 R 0.3 0.0 0:00.04 top
    1 root 15 0 10364 560 528 S 0.0 0.0 0:09.05 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 0:02.38 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 0:00.00 migration/1
    6 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:05.31 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 0:00.00 migration/2
     
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    What's the sda3 partition? Can you do a "cat /etc/fstab"?

    I highlighted some numbers for you in red in the Mem/Swap area:
    • The system has 4.0 GiB RAM of which are 3.7 GiB in use and only 0.3 GiB free.
    • Your swap also has 3.7 GiB in use (out of 8.0 GiB).
    • Your "top" output doesn't show the real memory hogs, however.
    Run "top" in batch mode "top -b" to see more processes, perhaps (stop with Ctrl-C), or watch "top" running for some time. (the interesting columns are VIRT and RES)
     
  14. Ankit

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    Cat /etc/fstab Results

    LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults,usrquota 1 1
    LABEL=/data /data ext3 defaults,usrquota 1 2
    LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
    tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
    devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
    sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
    proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
    LABEL=SWAP-sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
    /usr/tmpDSK /tmp ext3 defaults,noauto 0 0
    Top -b Results :
    top - 13:45:52 up 96 days, 23:34, 1 user, load average: 6.69, 6.28, 5.85
    Tasks: 242 total, 6 running, 236 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
    Cpu(s): 20.2%us, 79.7%sy, 0.0%ni, 0.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.1%si, 0.0%st
    Mem: 4033172k total, 3936940k used, 96232k free, 105340k buffers
    Swap: 8385920k total, 3769408k used, 4616512k free, 2669804k cached

    PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
    8424 gyan 25 0 190m 4896 4672 R 98.8 0.1 44763:40 php
    31872 gyan 25 0 187m 5432 5220 R 98.8 0.1 94284:33 php
    1001 gyan 25 0 186m 5440 5220 R 72.5 0.1 88702:01 php
    13188 gyan 25 0 189m 4888 4672 R 50.2 0.1 37505:08 php
    20875 gyan 25 0 151m 4036 3968 R 50.2 0.1 61281:04 php
    20289 mysql 15 0 646m 369m 4508 S 26.9 9.4 786:33.54 mysqld
    30142 nobody 17 0 352m 25m 2480 S 1.0 0.6 0:05.71 httpd
    30870 root 15 0 12880 1200 812 R 0.3 0.0 0:00.02 top
    1 root 15 0 10364 560 528 S 0.0 0.0 0:09.30 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 0:02.38 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 0:00.00 migration/1
    6 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:05.31 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 0:00.00 migration/2
    9 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:04.61 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 0:04.31 ksoftirqd/3
    13 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/3
    14 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.10 events/0
    15 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.06 events/1
    16 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.08 events/2
    17 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.07 events/3
    18 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khelper
    59 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthread
    66 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.49 kblockd/0
    67 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.09 kblockd/1
    68 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.80 kblockd/2
    69 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.65 kblockd/3
    70 root 14 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kacpid
    181 root 14 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cqueue/0
    182 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cqueue/1
    183 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cqueue/2
    184 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cqueue/3
    187 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khubd
    189 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kseriod
    281 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.06 khungtaskd
    284 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 4:11.36 kswapd0
    285 root 18 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/0
    286 root 19 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/1
    287 root 20 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/2
    288 root 20 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/3
    344 gyan 15 0 248m 4448 4412 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.94 php
    356 gyan 15 0 253m 4488 4452 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.90 php
    383 gyan 15 0 237m 4400 4368 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.36 php
    430 root 12 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kpsmoused
    491 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 mpt_poll_0
    492 root 13 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 mpt/0
    493 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_0
    504 root 13 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ata/0
    505 root 13 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ata/1
    506 root 14 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ata/2
    507 root 14 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ata/3
    508 root 13 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ata_aux
    514 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_1
    515 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_2
    516 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_3
    517 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_4
    518 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_5
    519 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_6
    540 root 14 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kstriped
    561 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 16:29.91 kjournald
    586 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:04.42 kauditd
    619 root 15 -4 12796 732 436 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.11 udevd
    633 nobody 16 0 399m 1944 1908 S 0.0 0.0 0:16.57 httpd
    1191 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 1:05.20 pdflush
    1399 gyan 15 0 237m 27m 18m S 0.0 0.7 0:00.13 php
    1599 root 20 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kmpathd/0
    1600 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kmpathd/1
    1601 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kmpathd/2
    1602 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kmpathd/3
    1603 root 20 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kmpath_handlerd
    1629 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kjournald
    1631 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kjournald
    1862 root 0 -20 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:38.73 loop0
    1863 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.82 kjournald
    1889 root 12 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 iscsi_eh
    1917 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:04.36 pdflush
    1957 root 20 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cnic_wq
    1980 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ib_addr
    1996 root 20 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ib_mcast
    1998 root 20 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ib_inform
    1999 root 20 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 local_sa
    2004 root 20 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 iw_cm_wq
    2011 root 20 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ib_cm/0
    2012 root 20 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ib_cm/1
    2013 root 20 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ib_cm/2
    2014 root 20 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ib_cm/3
    2019 root 20 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rdma_cm
    2041 root 11 -10 38932 32m 1732 S 0.0 0.8 0:00.00 iscsiuio
    2047 root 18 0 4588 376 352 S 0.0 0.0 0:02.19 iscsid
    2048 root 5 -10 5092 3040 1896 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 iscsid
    2397 root 11 -4 92876 700 508 S 0.0 0.0 2:49.95 auditd
    2399 root 7 -8 81816 784 612 S 0.0 0.0 0:16.96 audispd
    2650 root 15 0 5924 580 484 S 0.0 0.0 1:04.83 syslogd
    2653 root 15 0 3820 404 348 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.12 klogd
    2757 root 18 0 10776 312 236 S 0.0 0.0 0:08.59 irqbalance
    2805 root 17 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rpciod/0
    2806 root 17 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rpciod/1
    2807 root 17 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rpciod/2
    2808 root 17 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rpciod/3
    2853 root 21 0 57244 232 228 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rpc.idmapd
    2883 dbus 15 0 21376 956 692 S 0.0 0.0 0:06.76 dbus-daemon
    2906 root 25 0 10448 400 396 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 hcid
    2912 root 25 0 5952 388 384 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 sdpd
    2942 root 9 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 krfcommd
    2987 root 18 0 21176 580 440 S 0.0 0.0 0:35.50 pcscd
    3001 root 23 0 3816 456 452 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 acpid
    3014 haldaemo 15 0 31132 2632 1416 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.87 hald
    3015 root 15 0 21712 812 704 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 hald-runner
    3023 haldaemo 19 0 12340 564 560 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 hald-addon-acpi
    3059 root 25 0 8532 368 364 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 hidd
    3098 root 22 0 119m 824 672 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.11 automount
    3156 root 18 0 130m 672 668 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 cupsd
    3547 root 15 0 78800 5508 3344 S 0.0 0.1 1:14.49 httpd
    3559 root 15 0 93420 620 512 S 0.0 0.0 0:04.49 pure-ftpd
    3561 root 16 0 91048 588 544 S 0.0 0.0 0:02.11 pure-authd
    3574 root 15 0 74856 672 532 S 0.0 0.0 0:03.03 crond
    3599 root 18 0 18748 388 336 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.05 atd
    3987 named 25 0 182m 3748 1988 S 0.0 0.1 0:30.12 named
    4150 avahi 15 0 23292 920 820 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.32 avahi-daemon
    4151 avahi 21 0 23168 128 124 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 avahi-daemon
    4616 root 34 19 252m 4220 1436 S 0.0 0.1 0:03.07 yum-updatesd
    4618 root 34 19 13068 952 760 S 0.0 0.0 0:03.63 gam_server
    4722 nobody 15 0 798m 7944 2512 S 0.0 0.2 1:11.40 httpd
    5005 root 18 0 18432 352 308 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.24 smartd
    5009 root 18 0 3808 400 396 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 mingetty
    5010 root 19 0 3808 400 396 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 mingetty
    5013 root 17 0 3808 400 396 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 mingetty
    5016 root 17 0 3808 400 396 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 mingetty
    5017 root 22 0 3808 400 396 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 mingetty
    5075 root 18 0 101m 968 900 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 crond
    5087 root 18 0 8716 944 808 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 sh
    5090 root 18 0 94888 1716 1472 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.04 dcpumon
    7984 nobody 15 0 512m 1928 1892 S 0.0 0.0 0:21.59 httpd
    9532 root 15 0 76956 152 148 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 screen
    9533 root 16 0 66244 188 184 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 bash
    11212 gyan 15 0 248m 9384 9352 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.57 php
    11218 gyan 15 0 237m 8956 8924 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.16 php
    11222 gyan 15 0 253m 9508 9472 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.66 php
    11223 gyan 15 0 249m 9432 9396 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.65 php
    11226 gyan 15 0 237m 8952 8924 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.16 php
    11264 gyan 15 0 237m 8968 8940 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.16 php
    11268 gyan 15 0 248m 9384 9352 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.55 php
    11309 gyan 15 0 237m 17m 8924 S 0.0 0.4 0:00.16 php
    11313 gyan 15 0 237m 15m 8936 S 0.0 0.4 0:00.16 php
    11386 gyan 15 0 237m 8956 8924 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.16 php
    11415 nobody 15 0 212m 2548 2264 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.05 httpd
    11486 gyan 15 0 237m 8960 8924 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.17 php
    11499 gyan 15 0 249m 9416 9388 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.57 php
    11549 gyan 15 0 237m 8956 8924 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.17 php
    11558 gyan 15 0 248m 9404 9372 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.49 php
    11566 gyan 15 0 249m 18m 9392 S 0.0 0.5 0:00.57 php
    11573 gyan 15 0 248m 28m 9376 S 0.0 0.7 0:00.53 php
    11574 gyan 15 0 248m 26m 9240 S 0.0 0.7 0:00.52 php
    11576 gyan 15 0 248m 25m 9368 S 0.0 0.6 0:00.74 php
    11586 gyan 15 0 248m 24m 9348 S 0.0 0.6 0:00.51 php
    11588 gyan 15 0 249m 27m 9388 S 0.0 0.7 0:00.59 php
    11589 gyan 15 0 237m 17m 8924 S 0.0 0.4 0:00.16 php
    11608 gyan 15 0 237m 13m 8924 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.17 php
    11657 gyan 15 0 248m 10m 9372 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.62 php
    11658 gyan 15 0 237m 8956 8924 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.16 php
    11664 nobody 15 0 1129m 2768 2484 S 0.0 0.1 0:30.32 httpd
    11727 gyan 15 0 252m 9460 9424 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.52 php
    11733 gyan 15 0 253m 9512 9484 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.63 php
    11751 gyan 15 0 248m 9408 9372 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.53 php
    11752 gyan 15 0 248m 9404 9376 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.47 php
    11754 gyan 15 0 248m 9384 9348 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.47 php
    11755 nobody 15 0 611m 1944 1908 S 0.0 0.0 1:38.56 httpd
    11757 gyan 15 0 237m 8956 8924 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.17 php
    11765 gyan 15 0 237m 8956 8924 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.16 php
    11790 gyan 15 0 237m 8960 8924 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.16 php
    12176 nobody 15 0 610m 1944 1908 S 0.0 0.0 1:04.86 httpd
    13075 gyan 16 0 405m 4636 4632 S 0.0 0.1 1:00.03 php
    15518 nobody 18 0 1715m 1972 1936 S 0.0 0.0 1:30.59 httpd
    16156 nobody 18 0 2804m 1944 1908 S 0.0 0.0 0:57.56 httpd
    17882 mailman 18 0 92884 1540 808 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 mailmanctl
    17890 mailman 18 0 90884 3024 2576 S 0.0 0.1 0:01.98 python
    17891 mailman 18 0 90884 3104 2576 S 0.0 0.1 0:02.03 python
    17892 mailman 18 0 90888 3032 2576 S 0.0 0.1 0:01.91 python
    17893 mailman 18 0 90884 3072 2576 S 0.0 0.1 0:01.90 python
    17894 mailman 18 0 90896 3076 2576 S 0.0 0.1 0:01.95 python
    17899 mailman 18 0 90884 3052 2576 S 0.0 0.1 0:02.11 python
    17900 mailman 18 0 90956 3080 2576 S 0.0 0.1 0:01.94 python
    17901 mailman 18 0 90884 3056 2576 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.07 python
    18254 mailnull 15 0 60544 3960 2160 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.56 exim
    18309 root 15 0 156m 4028 2564 S 0.0 0.1 0:01.66 spamd
    18340 root 15 0 46272 5912 1840 S 0.0 0.1 0:02.91 tailwatchd
    19364 gyan 15 0 248m 4452 4416 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.71 php
    19510 root 15 0 156m 2260 1252 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 spamd
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    19667 gyan 15 0 237m 4400 4364 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.34 php
    19792 gyan 15 0 247m 4444 4412 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.71 php
    20158 root 23 0 10812 968 964 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 mysqld_safe
    21648 root 15 0 75752 6732 2424 S 0.0 0.2 0:03.77 cpsrvd-ssl
    22274 gyan 15 0 253m 4452 4416 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.76 php
    23372 nobody 15 0 522m 1944 1908 S 0.0 0.0 0:29.24 httpd
    25760 nobody 18 0 446m 66m 2468 S 0.0 1.7 0:14.04 httpd
    25894 gyan 15 0 249m 9428 9392 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.58 php
    25919 gyan 15 0 237m 8960 8924 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.21 php
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    26355 gyan 15 0 237m 9316 8928 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.20 php
    26414 gyan 15 0 237m 8964 8924 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.23 php
    26491 root 15 0 62676 300 204 S 0.0 0.0 0:13.21 sshd
    26637 gyan 15 0 256m 18m 9488 S 0.0 0.5 0:01.03 php
    26651 gyan 15 0 237m 17m 8928 S 0.0 0.4 0:00.24 php
    26669 gyan 15 0 247m 21m 9352 S 0.0 0.5 0:00.63 php
    26676 nobody 15 0 79072 3108 784 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 httpd
    26677 root 20 0 50196 9400 2508 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.05 leechprotect
    26684 root 16 0 78800 2388 224 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 httpd
    26783 gyan 15 0 247m 23m 9348 S 0.0 0.6 0:00.56 php
    26804 gyan 15 0 237m 15m 8928 S 0.0 0.4 0:00.22 php
    26885 gyan 15 0 247m 19m 9352 S 0.0 0.5 0:00.57 php
    27124 nobody 15 0 384m 4064 2468 S 0.0 0.1 0:11.15 httpd
    27387 gyan 15 0 248m 20m 9364 S 0.0 0.5 0:00.78 php
    27388 gyan 15 0 237m 17m 8924 S 0.0 0.4 0:00.22 php
    27603 gyan 15 0 237m 8980 8944 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.22 php
    27685 gyan 15 0 237m 8980 8944 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.20 php
    27708 root 15 0 54180 624 620 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 login
    27725 gyan 15 0 237m 8960 8928 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.19 php
    27733 gyan 15 0 247m 9380 9348 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.58 php
    27873 gyan 15 0 237m 8960 8924 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.20 php
    28053 gyan 15 0 243m 9344 9308 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.45 php
    30137 nobody 15 0 607m 1944 1908 S 0.0 0.0 1:17.83 httpd
    30484 gyan 16 0 258m 51m 25m S 0.0 1.3 0:00.51 php
    30577 root 15 0 92224 3336 2588 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.01 sshd
    30601 root 15 0 66112 1588 1172 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 bash
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    31452 root 15 0 19204 1092 824 S 0.0 0.0 0:12.09 dovecot-auth
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    32497 root 18 0 32504 2972 1484 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.18 queueprocd
    32535 root 15 0 41032 2708 2284 S 0.0 0.1 0:33.30 cphulkd
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    This looks sort of weird. Can you give me the "uname -a" output?
     
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    @Monster - Please find the uname a output details

    Linux gyan.gyancentral.com 2.6.18-274.17.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue Jan 10 17:25:58 EST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
     
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    @Ankit
    Oh Christ, this kernel is pretty old (from like 2004/2005 or so). Do you know what distro of Linux it is? (Debian, SuSE, Red Hat)

    Try:
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    cat /etc/lsb-release
    cat /etc/fedora-release
    cat /etc/redhat-release
    cat /etc/debian_version
    
    On LSB conformant distros, "cat /etc/lsb-release" should output more info about the release.

    Just to let you know just how old that kernel is, current versions are 3.2.x. However, some distros, like RedHat 5 still use that old 2.6.18 kernel.

    One thing to note is that when "php" turns up as extra processes, this usually means that the Apache server is misconfigured. There's a PHP plugin for Apache that provides in-process PHP services, so Apache can run it in threads instead of processes, which might speed up the whole thing a bit.

    I'm also surprised at the many httpd instances, but those could be forks of the Apache server created when serving a page. This will also disappear when you use the PHP plugin module for Apache.

    EDIT: BTW, if the ext4 filing system is supported on your platform, you should tell them to reformat the ext3 partitions with ext4 ( make sure you back up everything beforehand ). Ext4 is a lot faster. Since your kernel has been compiled recently, it is probably a well-maintained version of an old operationg system (like those from Debian, RedHat or SuSE). So, more recent things like ext4 could be available.
     
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    cat /etc/lsb-release
    cat /etc/fedora-release cat /etc/debian_version

    These three commands do not work, We are running on Cent OS 5.8 final
     
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    @Ankit

    Alright ... so it's CentOS 5.8, which in turn is based on RedHat 5.

    This means ext4 should be available, and the PHP plugin for Apache should be available, as well.

    With these, you could get a better performance from your system.

    If you can change the OS, I would suggest migrating to OpenBSD or FreeBSD. Those are not for the faint of heart, but provide excellent performance and security. If you need to use Linux for web applications, I'd suggest migrating to a more recent OS. There's Fedora, Ubuntu, and others. Those provide higher speeds and improved system usage thanks to improved kernels, software, etc.
     
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