top shows load average is 25%

austin · 08-01-2006

Whenever I run top now the load average is around 25% in all three columns. But the CPU utilization is around 50% to 90% but never getting stuck above 90% usually. The traffic is 2.5 MBits/s both ways. The server is a P4 2.8 Ghz with 2 gigs of RAM.

Does this sound pretty bad? My pages seem to load halfway decent but am I teetering on the edge here or is this perfectly normal for a server. I don't really know how many clients are connected but I think I put the cutoff at 130.

And what can I do to free up some resources? I run php and perl scripts(its a web proxy server).
thanks
austin

gamesmad · 08-08-2006

Is the server shared or is it dedicated?? If its dedicated, what sort of files are you hosting??

Will

ScottHughes · 10-12-2006

That sounds like a high computer usage. The problem I see there is that you can't gain much more usage. What if you get more traffic/usage? You couldn't withstand a 15% increase. For me, I always like to leave room to expand.

08-01-2006	#1 (permalink)
austin Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 43 Posts: 23	top shows load average is 25% Whenever I run top now the load average is around 25% in all three columns. But the CPU utilization is around 50% to 90% but never getting stuck above 90% usually. The traffic is 2.5 MBits/s both ways. The server is a P4 2.8 Ghz with 2 gigs of RAM. Does this sound pretty bad? My pages seem to load halfway decent but am I teetering on the edge here or is this perfectly normal for a server. I don't really know how many clients are connected but I think I put the cutoff at 130. And what can I do to free up some resources? I run php and perl scripts(its a web proxy server). thanks austin

08-08-2006	#2 (permalink)
gamesmad Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 76	Re: top shows load average is 25% Is the server shared or is it dedicated?? If its dedicated, what sort of files are you hosting?? Will

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ScottHughes Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 22 Posts: 460	Re: top shows load average is 25% That sounds like a high computer usage. The problem I see there is that you can't gain much more usage. What if you get more traffic/usage? You couldn't withstand a 15% increase. For me, I always like to leave room to expand. __________________ Online Book Club

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