On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 09:36:08AM -0800, Administrator said:
Yesterday our website was acting a little odd, and i received a few email complaints. Running 'top' showed that we had a very high load average, today the load average is even higher!
load average: 13.18, 12.49, 10.48
It is pretty unlikely that our site grew in popularity that quickly, and taking a look at the log file it was saying that a certain directory was not found, when in fact it was just a mod-re-write rule and was not supposed to exist. The website works fine... i am stumped and the error log is getting quite big! Does anyone have any tips on how to find the problem and address it accordingly (quickly)? Many thanks
Patient: Doctor, I am ill, but I can't tell you any details. What can I do to feel better?
Doctor: Well, it would be helpful if you give me some more details, or I could ask you about 10,000 questions and we can be here all month...
Seriously, please read: http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Essays/smart-questions.html
Then look at your log files. The contents will probably give you your answer anyway.
Thanks.