Re: odd load patterns - SOLVED

2016-09-14 Thread Tanstaafl
On 9/14/2016 10:14 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Well, I found out where all that load was coming from. > > Looks like a recent Thunderbird update reset its config to "keep all > messages for this account on this computer" - for all accounts The first time this fiasco happened - the update happen

Re: odd load patterns - SOLVED

2016-09-14 Thread Miles Fidelman
Well, I found out where all that load was coming from. Looks like a recent Thunderbird update reset its config to "keep all messages for this account on this computer" - for all accounts Given that I'm the admin for some servers, and a bunch of email lists, I keep filtered spam and viruses fo

Re: odd load patterns

2016-09-14 Thread Miles Fidelman
On 9/14/16 2:53 AM, Frédéric Marchal wrote: On Tuesday 13 September 2016 20:09:26 Miles Fidelman wrote: Hi, Lately, our server has been showing high loading, but top shows that the CPU is mostly in wait mode, and iotop shows low disk i/o traffic. How do you know the load is high? Where is the

Re: odd load patterns

2016-09-14 Thread Curt
On 2016-09-14, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Hi, > > I wonder if anybody might have some thoughts on this: > > Lately, our server has been showing high loading, but top shows that the > CPU is mostly in wait mode, and iotop shows low disk i/o traffic. I'm looking here (maybe a little outdated from 201

Re: odd load patterns

2016-09-13 Thread Frédéric Marchal
On Tuesday 13 September 2016 20:09:26 Miles Fidelman wrote: > Hi, > > Lately, our server has been showing high loading, but top shows that the > CPU is mostly in wait mode, and iotop shows low disk i/o traffic. How do you know the load is high? Where is the indication coming from? > Usually, t