server load average over 50 when memory percent capacity less than 50%?
A quick question for a server.
The forum runs on a single PIII 1Ghz CPU with 512 MB ram. eide hd.
The memory and disk swap "percent capacity" are less than 50%. But the server load average is higher than 50, which makes the forum unaccessible.
The forum is something like ikonboard, use cgi and mysql database. around 300-500 people online in 10 minutes. Daily transfer is about 8GB.
Anyone know the high server load average is normal? Is there a way to optimize it?
Thanks.
