hi lem, i execute top and found out 5 logrotate running using large resources. the load gets bigger and bigger.
[root@server-1 root]# top 10:35am up 21 days, 17:37, 9 users, load average: 12.66, 9.87, 8.54 198 processes: 187 sleeping, 11 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped CPU states: 57.6% user, 42.3% system, 0.0% nice, 0.0% idle Mem: 255844K av, 252452K used, 3392K free, 0K shrd, 944K buff Swap: 522104K av, 394532K used, 127572K free 23752K cached PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND 10201 root 25 0 86044 54M 436 R 33.5 21.9 357:58 logrotate 2367 root 17 0 88244 55M 496 D 21.0 22.2 1024m logrotate 8535 root 19 0 86272 40M 1396 R 17.7 16.0 1940m logrotate 18502 root 16 0 33580 504 356 D 13.9 0.1 92:17 logrotate 27217 root 15 0 86272 32M 508 R 6.4 12.9 1364m logrotate thanks marc > how did you know that it was logrotate that was eating your resources? > > just do a ps -aux check which application is running the longest and > using the most CPU, if its a non essesntial app, kill it! > > HTH, > ---lem > > Marc Winster Chan wrote: > >> hi pluggers >> >> how can i stop logrotate. it's been running 2 weeks and it's eating up >> my resources. >> i execute w and these comes out >> 9:42am up 21 days, 16:44, 9 users, load average: 10.68, 9.30, 8.39 >> >> ps -aux|grep logrotate >> ps no good. >> >> thanks >> marc >> >> _ >> Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at >> http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at >> http://marc.free.net.ph >> >> To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body >> to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > ======== [DISCLAIMER] ======== > This communication is intended for the addressee(s) and may contain > confidential and legally privileged information. We do not waive > confidentiality or privilege by mistransmission. If you have received > this communication in error, any use, dissemination, printing or copying > is strictly prohibited; please destroy all electronic and paper copies > and notify the sender immediately. > ======== [/DISCLAIMER] ======== > > > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at > http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at > http://marc.free.net.ph > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
