High apache load but zero traffic
- by Adie
I have a problem with new server.. I use VPS Centos with 1GB of ram and I use wordpress CMS.
The traffic <100 visitor/hour, but the apache have high load and make the server hang with zero free of ram and can't connect through ssh. I should reboot the vps to make it works
here is the load on Apache looks like
Tasks: 66 total, 1 running, 65 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 1.6%us, 12.3%sy, 0.0%ni, 48.1%id, 23.0%wa, 4.8%hi, 10.2%si, 0.0%
Mem: 1018776k total, 116620k used, 902156k free, 1236k buffers
Swap: 1048568k total, 1013052k used, 35516k free, 26628k cached
2949 apache 20 0 459m 42m 3732 D 3.0 4.2 0:09.23 httpd
2959 apache 20 0 460m 29m 3744 D 2.0 3.0 0:02.72 httpd
2968 apache 20 0 460m 26m 3808 D 2.0 2.6 0:02.27 httpd
2972 apache 20 0 460m 24m 3784 D 2.0 2.5 0:02.44 httpd
2986 apache 20 0 460m 29m 3784 R 2.0 2.9 0:02.40 httpd
2969 apache 20 0 458m 29m 3864 D 1.6 3.0 0:02.63 httpd
2974 apache 20 0 460m 25m 3820 D 1.6 2.6 0:02.43 httpd
2990 apache 20 0 460m 23m 3920 D 1.6 2.4 0:02.36 httpd
2994 apache 20 0 460m 31m 3756 D 1.6 3.2 0:02.62 httpd
2956 apache 20 0 460m 26m 3740 D 1.3 2.7 0:02.73 httpd
2957 apache 20 0 465m 22m 3644 D 1.3 2.3 0:02.80 httpd
2967 apache 20 0 458m 24m 3764 D 1.3 2.5 0:02.60 httpd
2970 apache 20 0 463m 25m 3764 D 1.3 2.6 0:03.07 httpd
2971 apache 20 0 451m 22m 3792 D 1.3 2.3 0:02.47 httpd
2973 apache 20 0 458m 25m 3768 D 1.3 2.6 0:02.52 httpd
2987 apache 20 0 465m 20m 3772 D 1.3 2.1 0:03.02 httpd
But sometimes the server have uptime more than 5-10hrs but after that the problems start
