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.