On Wed, March 28, 2007 11:44, adam fisher wrote: > apache 17268 0.7 0.6 29552 12868 ? D 04:27 0:04 > /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 17456 1.1 0.6 29728 13168 ? S 04:27 0:06 > /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 17890 0.5 0.6 29928 12588 ? D 04:28 0:02 > /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 17893 0.0 0.5 29032 11548 ? D 04:28 0:00 > /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 17895 0.0 0.5 29184 11716 ? D 04:28 0:00 > /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 17896 0.0 0.5 28740 11256 ? D 04:28 0:00 > /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 17897 0.0 0.5 28912 11452 ? D 04:28 0:00 > /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 17904 0.3 0.5 29288 11876 ? D 04:28 0:01 > /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 17913 0.5 0.5 29316 11892 ? D 04:29 0:02 > /usr/sbin/httpd > apache 17923 0.1 0.5 29364 12052 ? D 04:29 0:00 > /usr/sbin/httpd
> Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rsec/s wsec/s avgrq-sz > avgqu-sz > await svctm %util > sda 0.00 11.00 0.00 6.00 0.00 136.00 22.67 > 0.00 > 0.50 0.17 0.10 > The web root is located on an NFS share. I restarted NFS on this box just to > make > sure. When I restart httpd and the load average drops to around 10 or 11 I > can > browse the webpage just fine. It is when it gets to around 150 that I can't. > Bingo. Your web root is running over NFS. NFS is pure evil for this type of work. You may be able to improve performance playing around with the various NFS mount options. -Ryan /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
