Too many died processesss... help pls.. :-(

Hello guys, I'm facing a problem.

I'm with VPS with 512MB ram guranteed, and have an Invision Power Board 2.0.3 running on the space. When there are ONLY 50 online users withn 20 minutes, my memory usage is 420MB!!! Which is extreamly too high!!

But when I type 'ps -aux', and got the following report, it seems that there are a lot of 'died' processes created and taking memory usage (look at the 'START' column):

Code:
-bash-2.05b$ ps -aux
USER       PID %CPU %MEM   VSZ  RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
root         1  0.0  0.0  1304  480 ?        S    Jan22   0:02 init
root     12941  0.0  0.0  1372  536 ?        S    Jan22   0:00 syslogd -m 0
nobody   17415  0.0  0.0  4176 1604 ?        S    Jan22   0:01 [proftpd]
root     17748  0.0  0.0  3628 1388 ?        S    Jan22   0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd
root     17959  0.0  0.0  1976  784 ?        S    Jan22   0:00 xinetd -stayalive -pidfile
root     22820  0.0  0.0  1364  584 ?        S    Jan22   0:01 crond
mailnull 25385  0.0  0.0  5356 2600 ?        S    Jan22   0:14 /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/cp
cpanel   26609  0.0  0.0  4876 1852 ?        S    Jan22   0:00 [stunnel-4.04loc]
root     26923  0.0  0.0  1324  480 ?        S    Jan22   0:00 /usr/sbin/portsentry -tcp
cpanel    9372  0.0  0.0  4876 1852 ?        S    Jan22   0:01 [stunnel-4.04loc]
root     16266  0.0  0.0  2048  940 ?        S    Jan22   0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_saf
mysql    16328  0.0  0.1 74100 14908 ?       S    Jan22   0:02 [mysqld]
mysql    16329  0.0  0.1 74100 14908 ?       S    Jan22   0:01 [mysqld]
mysql    16330  0.0  0.1 74100 14908 ?       S    Jan22   0:11 [mysqld]
mysql    16416  0.0  0.1 74100 14908 ?       S    Jan22   0:13 [mysqld]
mysql    27829  0.0  0.1 74100 14908 ?       S    Jan22   0:15 [mysqld]
mysql     7393  0.0  0.1 74100 14908 ?       S    Jan22   0:13 [mysqld]
mysql     8971  0.0  0.1 74100 14908 ?       S    02:36   0:11 [mysqld]
mysql    15397  0.0  0.1 74100 14908 ?       S    02:45   0:10 [mysqld]
mysql    15398  0.0  0.1 74100 14908 ?       S    02:45   0:11 [mysqld]
root      2888  0.0  0.0 10552 4708 ?        S    02:57   0:33 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd
nobody    2895  0.1  0.1 16288 10964 ?       S    02:57   0:50 [httpd]
nobody    2896  0.1  0.1 16708 11396 ?       S    02:57   0:56 [httpd]
nobody    2897  0.1  0.1 15660 10348 ?       S    02:57   0:56 [httpd]
nobody    2898  0.1  0.1 16604 11276 ?       S    02:57   0:53 [httpd]
nobody    2899  0.1  0.1 16564 11240 ?       S    02:57   0:50 [httpd]
nobody    2900  0.1  0.1 15720 10288 ?       S    02:57   0:50 [httpd]
nobody    2901  0.1  0.1 16848 11544 ?       S    02:57   0:54 [httpd]
nobody    2902  0.1  0.1 16040 10724 ?       S    02:57   0:51 [httpd]
nobody    2903  0.1  0.1 16744 11396 ?       S    02:57   0:50 [httpd]
nobody    2904  0.1  0.1 16776 11448 ?       S    02:57   0:49 [httpd]
nobody    2905  0.1  0.1 16304 10972 ?       S    02:57   0:57 [httpd]
nobody    2906  0.1  0.1 16720 11400 ?       S    02:57   0:54 [httpd]
nobody    2907  0.1  0.1 16244 10756 ?       S    02:57   0:55 [httpd]
nobody    2908  0.1  0.1 16352 11028 ?       S    02:57   0:54 [httpd]
nobody    2909  0.1  0.1 16536 11216 ?       S    02:57   0:52 [httpd]
nobody    2910  0.1  0.1 16592 11272 ?       S    02:57   0:49 [httpd]
nobody    2911  0.1  0.1 16048 10656 ?       S    02:57   0:54 [httpd]
nobody    2912  0.1  0.1 16724 11328 ?       S    02:57   0:54 [httpd]
nobody    2944  0.1  0.1 16640 11316 ?       S    02:57   0:53 [httpd]
nobody    2945  0.1  0.1 16588 11268 ?       S    02:57   0:54 [httpd]
nobody    2947  0.1  0.1 18312 12992 ?       S    02:57   0:52 [httpd]
nobody    2948  0.1  0.1 15764 10392 ?       S    02:57   0:54 [httpd]
nobody    2949  0.1  0.1 16232 10828 ?       S    02:57   0:58 [httpd]
nobody    2952  0.1  0.1 16644 11324 ?       S    02:57   0:54 [httpd]
nobody    2953  0.1  0.1 14920 9508 ?        S    02:57   0:55 [httpd]
nobody    2954  0.1  0.1 15620 10228 ?       S    02:57   0:56 [httpd]
nobody    2955  0.1  0.1 19524 12452 ?       S    02:57   0:54 [httpd]
nobody    2956  0.1  0.1 20512 15196 ?       S    02:57   0:50 [httpd]
nobody    2957  0.1  0.1 15672 10280 ?       S    02:57   0:48 [httpd]
nobody    2958  0.1  0.1 16608 11208 ?       S    02:57   0:55 [httpd]
nobody    2959  0.1  0.1 15736 10348 ?       S    02:57   0:55 [httpd]
nobody    2960  0.0  0.1 15716 10268 ?       S    02:57   0:46 [httpd]
nobody    2961  0.1  0.1 16304 10984 ?       S    02:57   0:59 [httpd]
nobody    2962  0.1  0.1 16148 10764 ?       S    02:57   0:54 [httpd]
nobody    2963  0.1  0.1 15700 10304 ?       S    02:57   0:57 [httpd]
nobody    2966  0.1  0.1 15312 9964 ?        S    02:57   0:49 [httpd]
nobody    2967  0.1  0.1 15840 10476 ?       S    02:57   0:52 [httpd]
nobody    2968  0.1  0.1 16584 11256 ?       S    02:57   0:58 [httpd]
nobody    2969  0.1  0.1 16704 11380 ?       S    02:57   0:52 [httpd]
nobody    2970  0.0  0.1 20064 11356 ?       S    02:57   0:46 [httpd]
named     6045  0.0  0.0 17800 2884 ?        S    03:00   0:00 [named]
named     6046  0.0  0.0 17800 2884 ?        S    03:00   0:00 [named]
named     6049  0.0  0.0 17800 2884 ?        S    03:00   0:00 [named]
named     6050  0.0  0.0 17800 2884 ?        S    03:00   0:00 [named]
named     6051  0.0  0.0 17800 2884 ?        S    03:00   0:00 [named]
named     6052  0.0  0.0 17800 2884 ?        S    03:00   0:00 [named]
named     6053  0.0  0.0 17800 2884 ?        S    03:00   0:00 [named]
named     6054  0.0  0.0 17800 2884 ?        S    03:00   0:00 [named]
root     10889  0.0  0.1 16312 13156 ?       SN   03:07   0:09 cpanellogd - sleeping for l
root     10894  0.0  0.0  7776 4860 ?        S    03:07   0:00 cppop - accepting on port 1
root     10912  0.0  0.0  8120 4180 ?        S    03:07   0:01 cpsrvd - waiting for connec
mailnull 11914  0.0  0.0  6580 1616 ?        S    04:43   0:00 [exim]
mailnull 11919  0.0  0.0  6548 1556 ?        S    04:43   0:00 [exim]
root     12016  0.0  0.0  2736 1348 ?        S    04:43   0:06 antirelayd
root     12494  0.0  0.0  3912 1824 ?        S    04:44   0:01 chkservd
nobody    9287  0.1  0.1 16720 11492 ?       S    05:51   0:38 [httpd]
nobody    9604  0.1  0.1 15744 10512 ?       S    05:51   0:42 [httpd]
nobody    9616  0.1  0.1 16396 11172 ?       S    05:51   0:40 [httpd]
mysql     3488  0.0  0.1 74100 14908 ?       S    06:00   0:07 [mysqld]
mysql     3689  0.0  0.1 74100 14908 ?       S    06:00   0:08 [mysqld]
nobody    2769  0.1  0.1 15620 10340 ?       S    07:51   0:30 [httpd]
nobody    2850  0.1  0.1 16700 11472 ?       S    07:52   0:30 [httpd]
nobody   16577  0.1  0.1 15368 10100 ?       S    09:51   0:24 [httpd]
mysql     2185  0.0  0.1 74100 14908 ?       S    10:56   0:04 [mysqld]
mysql     2187  0.0  0.1 74100 14908 ?       S    10:56   0:03 [mysqld]
root     27888  0.0  0.0  6248 1788 ?        S    13:42   0:00 sshd: qvsudtvb [priv]
qvsudtvb 31412  0.0  0.0  6316 1796 ?        S    13:43   0:00 [sshd]
qvsudtvb 31520  0.0  0.0  2152 1248 pts/0    S    13:43   0:00 -bash
nobody   20736  0.1  0.1 14732 9656 ?        S    16:00   0:01 [httpd]
nobody   12681  0.1  0.1 14572 9400 ?        S    16:11   0:00 [httpd]
nobody    3748  0.2  0.1 14588 9400 ?        S    16:15   0:00 [httpd]
nobody    4164  0.3  0.1 13716 8612 ?        S    16:15   0:00 [httpd]
nobody    4165  0.2  0.1 14640 9516 ?        S    16:15   0:00 [httpd]
nobody    4555  0.1  0.1 14520 9316 ?        S    16:15   0:00 [httpd]
nobody    4556  0.1  0.1 14016 8808 ?        S    16:15   0:00 [httpd]
nobody    4557  0.0  0.0 10612 5028 ?        S    16:15   0:00 [httpd]
nobody    4558  0.1  0.1 14420 9176 ?        S    16:15   0:00 [httpd]
nobody    5664  0.2  0.1 13748 8560 ?        S    16:15   0:00 [httpd]
nobody    5696  0.2  0.1 14464 9260 ?        S    16:15   0:00 [httpd]
nobody    5728  0.2  0.1 14568 9324 ?        S    16:15   0:00 [httpd]
nobody    5792  0.2  0.1 14560 9376 ?        S    16:15   0:00 [httpd]
nobody    5952  0.4  0.1 13980 8780 ?        S    16:15   0:00 [httpd]
nobody   25280  0.2  0.0 10576 4820 ?        S    16:17   0:00 [httpd]
nobody   26024  0.0  0.0 10576 4816 ?        S    16:17   0:00 [httpd]
nobody   26025  0.0  0.0 10576 4816 ?        S    16:17   0:00 [httpd]
qvsudtvb 28907  0.0  0.0  2600  736 pts/0    R    16:17   0:00 ps -aux
And by the way, here is my my.cnf configuration:

Code:
[mysqld]
skip-networking
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

max_connections = 500
key_buffer = 32M
myisam_sort_buffer_size = 64M
join_buffer_size = 1M
read_buffer_size = 1M
sort_buffer_size = 2M
table_cache = 1024
thread_cache_size = 64
wait_timeout = 30
connect_timeout = 10
max_allowed_packet = 16M
max_connect_errors = 10
query_cache_limit = 1M
query_cache_size = 32M
query_cache_type = 1
skip-innodb

[mysql_safe]
open_files_limit = 8192

[mysql.server]
user=mysql
basedir=/var/lib

[mysqldump]
quick
max_allowed_packet = 16M

[myisamchk]
key_buffer = 64M
sort_buffer = 64M
read_buffer = 16M
write_buffer = 16M

[safe_mysqld]
err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log
pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
Please guys, I'm using WHM, and I've disabled SpamAssist, Postgre, Mailman, etc.. And tried to tweak the httpd.conf, however now seems it's the problem of IPB, so any idea if I did anything wrong and should have other things to do?

Thanks so much for any help! Too many died processesss... help pls.. :-( Too many died processesss... help pls.. :-(

 

 

 

 

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