What's the IO sub-system on the VMWare backend? On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Jonathan Bayer < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm having a problem with a new VM which we just put into production. > > We have 4 physical web servers, all running the same webapp. They are all > running RHEL 5.6 > > T > This new VM is configured the same way, the only real difference is that > it is CentOS instead of RHEL. > > The apache configs are identical except for IP addresses. > > The kernel parameters are also as identical as I can tell, by using > sysconfig -a and comparing the outputs between the two. > > All physical servers have 8 cpus, and 48 gig of memory > > The VM has 8 CPUs, and 30 gig of memory > > The application goes to a load balancer, which then balances among the > systems using a least-connection protocol. > > All servers have a 1 minute load of around 5, and an average of around > 200-300 reqs/second > > The problem is that when the req/sec starts to climb on the VM, all of a > sudden the load average skyrockets to 40-50 or even higher. This kills the > server and makes it totally unresponsive. > > Anybody have any suggestions? > > Thanks in advance > > > JBB > ______________________________**_________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-**bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss<https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss> > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > -- Jesse Becker
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