On 12/29/2009 11:44 PM, Noob Centos Admin wrote: > My Centos 5 server has seen the average load jumped through the roof > recently despite having no major additional clients placed on it. > Previously, I was looking at an average of less than 0.6 load, I had a > monitoring script that sends an email warning me if the current load > stayed above 0.6 for more than 2 minutes. This script used to trigger > perhaps once an hour during peak periods. Even so, I seldom see numbers > higher than 1.x > You should also try out "atop" instead of just using top. The major advantage is that it gives you more information about the disk and network utilization.