Hi. I have quite strange situation, where my CentOS 5.5 box loads are high, but the CPU and memory used are pretty low: top - 20:41:38 up 42 days, 6:14, 2 users, load average: 19.79, 21.25, 18.87 Tasks: 254 total, 1 running, 253 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 3.8%us, 0.3%sy, 0.1%ni, 95.0%id, 0.6%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.1%si, 0.0%st Mem: 4035284k total, 4008084k used, 27200k free, 38748k buffers Swap: 4208928k total, 242576k used, 3966352k free, 1465008k cached free -mt total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 3940 3910 29 0 37 1427 -/+ buffers/cache: 2445 1495 Swap: 4110 236 3873 Total: 8050 4147 3903 Iostat also shows good results: avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 3.83 0.13 0.41 0.58 0.00 95.05 Here is the ps aux output: USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1 0.0 0.0 10348 80 ? Ss 2010 2:11 init [3] root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [migration/0] root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 2010 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0] root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [watchdog/0] root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:02 [migration/1] root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 2010 0:00 [ksoftirqd/1] root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [watchdog/1] root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:02 [migration/2] root 9 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 2010 0:00 [ksoftirqd/2] root 10 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [watchdog/2] root 11 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:02 [migration/3] root 12 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 2010 0:00 [ksoftirqd/3] root 13 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [watchdog/3] root 14 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:03 [migration/4] root 15 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 2010 0:00 [ksoftirqd/4] root 16 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [watchdog/4] root 17 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:01 [migration/5] root 18 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 2010 0:00 [ksoftirqd/5] root 19 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [watchdog/5] root 20 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:11 [migration/6] root 21 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 2010 0:00 [ksoftirqd/6] root 22 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [watchdog/6] root 23 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:01 [migration/7] root 24 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 2010 0:00 [ksoftirqd/7] root 25 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [watchdog/7] root 26 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [migration/8] root 27 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 2010 0:00 [ksoftirqd/8] root 28 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [watchdog/8] root 29 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [migration/9] root 30 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 2010 0:00 [ksoftirqd/9] root 31 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [watchdog/9] root 32 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:08 [migration/10] root 33 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 2010 0:00 [ksoftirqd/10] root 34 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [watchdog/10] root 35 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:05 [migration/11] root 36 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 2010 0:00 [ksoftirqd/11] root 37 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [watchdog/11] root 38 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:02 [migration/12] root 39 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 2010 0:00 [ksoftirqd/12] root 40 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [watchdog/12] root 41 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:14 [migration/13] root 42 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 2010 0:00 [ksoftirqd/13] root 43 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [watchdog/13] root 44 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:04 [migration/14] root 45 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 2010 0:00 [ksoftirqd/14] root 46 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [watchdog/14] root 47 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:01 [migration/15] root 48 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 2010 0:00 [ksoftirqd/15] root 49 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [watchdog/15] root 50 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [events/0] root 51 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [events/1] root 52 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [events/2] root 53 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [events/3] root 54 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [events/4] root 55 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [events/5] root 56 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [events/6] root 57 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [events/7] root 58 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [events/8] root 59 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [events/9] root 60 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [events/10] root 61 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [events/11] root 62 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [events/12] root 63 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [events/13] root 64 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [events/14] root 65 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [events/15] root 66 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [khelper] root 107 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kthread] root 126 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kblockd/0] root 127 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:03 [kblockd/1] root 128 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:01 [kblockd/2] root 129 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kblockd/3] root 130 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:05 [kblockd/4] root 131 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kblockd/5] root 132 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kblockd/6] root 133 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kblockd/7] root 134 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kblockd/8] root 135 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:02 [kblockd/9] root 136 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kblockd/10] root 137 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kblockd/11] root 138 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:04 [kblockd/12] root 139 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kblockd/13] root 140 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kblockd/14] root 141 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kblockd/15] root 142 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kacpid] root 281 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [cqueue/0] root 282 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [cqueue/1] root 283 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [cqueue/2] root 284 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [cqueue/3] root 285 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [cqueue/4] root 286 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [cqueue/5] root 287 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [cqueue/6] root 288 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [cqueue/7] root 289 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [cqueue/8] root 290 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [cqueue/9] root 291 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [cqueue/10] root 292 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [cqueue/11] root 293 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [cqueue/12] root 294 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [cqueue/13] root 295 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [cqueue/14] root 296 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [cqueue/15] root 299 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [khubd] root 301 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kseriod] root 490 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 2010 0:00 [khungtaskd] root 493 0.1 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 94:48 [kswapd1] root 494 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [aio/0] root 495 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [aio/1] root 496 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [aio/2] root 497 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [aio/3] root 498 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [aio/4] root 499 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [aio/5] root 500 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [aio/6] root 501 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [aio/7] root 502 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [aio/8] root 503 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [aio/9] root 504 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [aio/10] root 505 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [aio/11] root 506 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [aio/12] root 507 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [aio/13] root 508 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [aio/14] root 509 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [aio/15] root 665 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kpsmoused] root 808 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [ata/0] root 809 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [ata/1] root 810 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [ata/2] root 811 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [ata/3] root 812 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [ata/4] root 813 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [ata/5] root 814 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [ata/6] root 815 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [ata/7] root 816 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [ata/8] root 817 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [ata/9] root 818 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [ata/10] root 819 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [ata/11] root 820 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [ata/12] root 821 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [ata/13] root 822 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [ata/14] root 823 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [ata/15] root 824 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [ata_aux] root 842 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [scsi_eh_0] root 843 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [scsi_eh_1] root 844 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [scsi_eh_2] root 845 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [scsi_eh_3] root 846 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [scsi_eh_4] root 847 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [scsi_eh_5] root 882 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kstriped] root 951 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 4:24 [kjournald] root 976 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kauditd] postfix 990 0.0 0.0 54208 2284 ? S 21:19 0:00 pickup -l -t fifo -u root 1013 0.0 0.0 12676 8 ? S<s 2010 0:00 /sbin/udevd -d root 1326 0.0 0.0 90900 3400 ? Ss 14:53 0:00 sshd: root@notty root 1410 0.0 0.0 53972 2108 ? Ss 14:53 0:00 /usr/libexec/openssh/sftp-server root 2690 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kmpathd/0] root 2691 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kmpathd/1] root 2692 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kmpathd/2] root 2693 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kmpathd/3] root 2694 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kmpathd/4] root 2695 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kmpathd/5] root 2696 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kmpathd/6] root 2697 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kmpathd/7] root 2698 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kmpathd/8] root 2699 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kmpathd/9] root 2700 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kmpathd/10] root 2701 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kmpathd/11] root 2702 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kmpathd/12] root 2703 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kmpathd/13] root 2704 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kmpathd/14] root 2705 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kmpathd/15] root 2706 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kmpath_handlerd] root 2755 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 4:35 [kjournald] root 2757 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 3:38 [kjournald] root 2759 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 4:10 [kjournald] root 2761 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 4:26 [kjournald] root 2763 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 3:15 [kjournald] root 2765 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 3:04 [kjournald] root 2767 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 3:02 [kjournald] root 2769 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 2:58 [kjournald] root 2771 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kjournald] root 3340 0.0 0.0 5908 356 ? Ss 2010 2:48 syslogd -m 0 root 3343 0.0 0.0 3804 212 ? Ss 2010 0:03 klogd -x root 3430 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:50 [kondemand/0] root 3431 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:54 [kondemand/1] root 3432 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kondemand/2] root 3433 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kondemand/3] root 3434 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kondemand/4] root 3435 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kondemand/5] root 3436 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kondemand/6] root 3437 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kondemand/7] root 3438 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kondemand/8] root 3439 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kondemand/9] root 3440 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kondemand/10] root 3441 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kondemand/11] root 3442 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kondemand/12] root 3443 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kondemand/13] root 3444 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kondemand/14] root 3445 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [kondemand/15] root 3461 0.0 0.0 10760 284 ? Ss 2010 3:44 irqbalance rpc 3481 0.0 0.0 8052 4 ? Ss 2010 0:00 portmap root 3526 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [rpciod/0] root 3527 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [rpciod/1] root 3528 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [rpciod/2] root 3529 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [rpciod/3] root 3530 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [rpciod/4] root 3531 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [rpciod/5] root 3532 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [rpciod/6] root 3533 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [rpciod/7] root 3534 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [rpciod/8] root 3535 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [rpciod/9] root 3536 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [rpciod/10] root 3537 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [rpciod/11] root 3538 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [rpciod/12] root 3539 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [rpciod/13] root 3540 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [rpciod/14] root 3541 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 2010 0:00 [rpciod/15] root 3563 0.0 0.0 10160 8 ? Ss 2010 0:00 rpc.statd root 3595 0.0 0.0 55180 4 ? Ss 2010 0:00 rpc.idmapd dbus 3618 0.0 0.0 21256 28 ? Ss 2010 0:00 dbus-daemon --system root 3649 0.2 0.4 563084 18796 ? S<sl 2010 179:03 mfsmount /mnt/mfs -o rw,mfsmaster=web1.ovs.local root 3702 0.0 0.0 3800 8 ? Ss 2010 0:00 /usr/sbin/acpid 68 3715 0.0 0.0 31312 816 ? Ss 2010 3:14 hald root 3716 0.0 0.0 21692 28 ? S 2010 0:00 hald-runner 68 3726 0.0 0.0 12324 8 ? S 2010 0:00 hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/acpid.socket 68 3730 0.0 0.0 12324 8 ? S 2010 0:00 hald-addon-keyboard: listening on /dev/input/event0 root 3773 0.0 0.0 62608 332 ? Ss 2010 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd ganglia 3786 0.0 0.0 24704 988 ? Ss 2010 14:26 /usr/sbin/gmond root 3843 0.0 0.0 54144 300 ? Ss 2010 1:49 /usr/libexec/postfix/master postfix 3855 0.0 0.0 54860 1060 ? S 2010 0:22 qmgr -l -t fifo -u root 3877 0.0 0.0 74828 708 ? Ss 2010 1:15 crond root 3891 1.4 1.9 326960 77704 ? S<l 2010 896:59 mfschunkserver root 4122 0.0 0.0 18732 176 ? Ss 2010 0:10 /usr/sbin/atd root 4193 0.0 0.8 129180 35984 ? Ssl 2010 11:04 /usr/bin/ruby /usr/sbin/puppetd root 4223 0.0 0.0 18416 172 ? S 2010 0:10 /usr/sbin/smartd -q never root 4227 0.0 0.0 3792 8 tty1 Ss+ 2010 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty1 root 4230 0.0 0.0 3792 8 tty2 Ss+ 2010 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty2 root 4231 0.0 0.0 3792 8 tty3 Ss+ 2010 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty3 root 4233 0.0 0.0 3792 8 tty4 Ss+ 2010 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty4 root 4234 0.0 0.0 3792 8 tty5 Ss+ 2010 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty5 root 4236 0.0 0.0 3792 8 tty6 Ss+ 2010 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty6 root 5596 0.0 0.0 19368 20 ? Ss 2010 0:00 DarwinStreamingServer qtss 5597 0.8 0.9 166572 37408 ? Sl 2010 523:02 DarwinStreamingServer root 8714 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Jan31 0:33 [pdflush] root 9914 0.0 0.0 65612 968 pts/1 R+ 21:49 0:00 ps aux root 10765 0.0 0.0 76792 1080 ? Ss Jan24 0:58 SCREEN root 10766 0.0 0.0 66212 872 pts/3 Ss Jan24 0:00 /bin/bash root 11833 0.0 0.0 63852 1060 pts/3 S+ 17:17 0:00 /bin/sh ./launch.sh root 11834 437 42.9 4126884 1733348 pts/3 Sl+ 17:17 1190:50 /usr/bin/java -Xms128m -Xmx512m -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -jar /JavaCore/JavaCore.jar root 13127 4.7 1.1 110564 46876 ? Ssl 17:18 12:55 /JavaCore/fetcher.bin root 19392 0.0 0.0 90108 3336 ? Rs 20:35 0:00 sshd: root@pts/1 root 19401 0.0 0.0 66216 1640 pts/1 Ss 20:35 0:00 -bash root 20567 0.0 0.0 90108 412 ? Ss Jan16 1:58 sshd: root@pts/0 root 20569 0.0 0.0 66084 912 pts/0 Ss Jan16 0:00 -bash root 21053 0.0 0.0 63856 28 ? S Jan30 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/WowzaMediaServerd /usr/local/WowzaMediaServer/bin/setenv.sh /var/run/WowzaM root 21054 2.9 10.3 2252652 418468 ? Sl Jan30 314:25 java -Xmx1200M -server -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote=true - root 21915 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Feb01 0:00 [pdflush] root 29996 0.0 0.0 76524 1004 pts/0 S+ 14:41 0:00 screen -x Any idea what could this be, or where I should look for more diagnostic information? Thanks.