Server Lag Spikes
I run a forum on a dedicated server with no other websites on it. Most of the time the server is fine but sometimes it gets SERIOUS lag spikes even though there isnt many people on the forums and nothing in my logs (looked for DDOS's and other server lagging things). It seems to happen at pretty random times and happens once or twice a day. One second everything will be fine at sub 1 CPU, then it'll spike up to 40ish for about 2 mins and then drop back to sub 1.I dont really know whats causing it, any help will be greatly appreciated.
Here is the server operating normally:
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09:16:33 up 203 days, 22:04, 1 user, load average: 0.40, 0.65, 0.73 105 processes: 104 sleeping, 1 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped CPU states: cpu user nice system irq softirq iowait idle total 0.7% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 98.4% Mem: 1022532k av, 997740k used, 24792k free, 0k shrd, 73316k buff 758576k actv, 142580k in_d, 17356k in_c Swap: 2040244k av, 54896k used, 1985348k free 760468k cached PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME CPU COMMAND 12722 maddev 21 0 1252 1252 896 R 1.5 0.1 0:00 0 top 1 root 15 0 508 476 448 S 0.0 0.0 0:25 0 init 2 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:04 0 keventd 3 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:47 0 kapmd 4 root 34 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 ksoftirqd/0 7 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:06 0 bdflush 5 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 8:50 0 kswapd 6 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 15:07 0 kscand 8 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:12 0 kupdated 9 root 25 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mdrecoveryd 13 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 30:04 0 kjournald 68 root 25 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 khubd 2146 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 kjournald 2506 root 15 0 580 548 496 S 0.0 0.0 1:05 0 syslogd 2510 root 15 0 440 384 380 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 klogd 2536 rpc 15 0 540 460 456 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 portmap 2548 root RT 0 536 436 408 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 auditd 2599 root 24 0 480 428 424 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 apmd 2676 root 15 0 808 644 560 S 0.0 0.0 0:32 0 sshd 2690 root 24 0 548 432 428 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 xinetd 2718 smmsp 15 0 1088 628 536 S 0.0 0.0 0:01 0 sendmail 2732 root 15 0 392 372 316 S 0.0 0.0 0:01 0 crond 2780 xfs 15 0 2140 292 264 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 xfs 2789 daemon 15 0 348 328 284 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 atd 2802 root 15 0 284 264 224 S 0.0 0.0 0:01 0 mdadm 2813 root 15 0 12152 11M 1372 S 0.0 1.1 0:01 0 mdmpd 2832 root 15 0 3992 1356 956 S 0.0 0.1 0:09 0 miniserv.pl 2836 root 22 0 120 72 68 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mingetty 2837 root 22 0 120 72 68 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mingetty 2838 root 22 0 120 72 68 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mingetty 2839 root 22 0 120 72 68 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mingetty 2840 root 22 0 124 72 68 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mingetty 2841 root 22 0 292 240 236 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mingetty 17828 maddev 15 0 600 252 248 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 screen 17829 maddev 25 0 824 604 600 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 bash
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0:52:53 up 177 days, 13:41, 1 user, load average: 32.19, 19.66, 10.23 6 root 16 0 0 0 0 SW 3.4 0.0 10:45 0 kscand 18172 maddev 15 0 1396 1396 896 R 3.4 0.1 0:00 0 top 17821 mysql 15 0 36976 24M 1368 S 1.7 2.4 0:00 0 mysqld 1 root 15 0 508 472 448 S 0.0 0.0 0:22 0 init 2 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:03 0 keventd 3 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:41 0 kapmd 4 root 34 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 ksoftirqd/0 7 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:05 0 bdflush 5 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 6:51 0 kswapd 8 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:10 0 kupdated 9 root 25 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mdrecoveryd 13 root 15 0 0 0 0 DW 0.0 0.0 28:39 0 kjournald 68 root 25 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 khubd 2146 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 kjournald 2506 root 15 0 588 552 504 S 0.0 0.0 0:57 0 syslogd 2510 root 15 0 444 388 384 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 klogd 2536 rpc 15 0 560 480 476 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 portmap 2548 root RT 0 536 416 408 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 auditd 2599 root 24 0 480 428 424 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 apmd 2676 root 15 0 796 592 548 S 0.0 0.0 0:26 0 sshd 2690 root 24 0 548 432 428 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 xinetd 2718 smmsp 15 0 1104 556 552 S 0.0 0.0 0:01 0 sendmail 2732 root 15 0 424 400 348 S 0.0 0.0 0:01 0 crond 2780 xfs 15 0 2132 260 256 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 xfs 2789 daemon 15 0 356 312 292 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 atd 2802 root 15 0 292 236 232 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mdadm 2813 root 15 0 12152 11M 1372 S 0.0 1.1 0:01 0 mdmpd 2832 root 15 0 3992 1300 956 S 0.0 0.1 0:08 0 miniserv.pl 2836 root 22 0 120 72 68 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mingetty 2837 root 22 0 120 72 68 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mingetty 2838 root 22 0 120 72 68 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mingetty 2839 root 22 0 120 72 68 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mingetty 2840 root 22 0 124 72 68 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mingetty 2841 root 22 0 308 256 252 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mingetty 17828 maddev 15 0 608 260 256 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 screen
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21:59:00 up 182 days, 10:47, 1 user, load average: 40.48, 19.47, 8.39 70 processes: 68 sleeping, 2 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped CPU states: cpu user nice system irq softirq iowait idle total 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% Mem: 1022532k av, 655076k used, 367456k free, 0k shrd, 17608k buff 469484k actv, 109716k in_d, 12120k in_c Swap: 2040244k av, 28212k used, 2012032k free 586528k cached PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME CPU COMMAND 1 root 15 0 508 476 448 S 0.0 0.0 0:23 0 init 2 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:04 0 keventd 3 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:43 0 kapmd 4 root 34 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 ksoftirqd/0 7 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:06 0 bdflush 5 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 7:14 0 kswapd 6 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 11:34 0 kscand 8 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:11 0 kupdated 9 root 25 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mdrecoveryd 13 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 28:55 0 kjournald 68 root 25 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 khubd 2146 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 kjournald 2506 root 15 0 588 552 504 S 0.0 0.0 0:59 0 syslogd 2510 root 15 0 444 388 384 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 klogd 2536 rpc 15 0 560 480 476 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 portmap 2548 root RT 0 528 424 400 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 auditd 2599 root 24 0 480 428 424 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 apmd 2676 root 15 0 804 600 556 S 0.0 0.0 0:27 0 sshd 2690 root 24 0 548 432 428 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 xinetd 2718 smmsp 15 0 1112 564 560 S 0.0 0.0 0:01 0 sendmail 2732 root 15 0 416 388 340 S 0.0 0.0 0:01 0 crond 2780 xfs 15 0 2144 292 268 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 xfs 2789 daemon 15 0 352 328 288 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 atd 2802 root 15 0 288 268 228 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mdadm 2813 root 15 0 12152 11M 1372 S 0.0 1.1 0:01 0 mdmpd 2832 root 15 0 3992 1276 956 S 0.0 0.1 0:08 0 miniserv.pl 2836 root 22 0 120 72 68 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mingetty 2837 root 22 0 120 72 68 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mingetty 2838 root 22 0 120 72 68 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mingetty 2839 root 22 0 120 72 68 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mingetty 2840 root 22 0 124 72 68 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mingetty 2841 root 22 0 300 248 244 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mingetty 17828 maddev 15 0 608 260 256 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 screen
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10:25:39 up 189 days, 23:13, 1 user, load average: 29.73, 12.17, 6.57 284 processes: 280 sleeping, 4 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped CPU states: cpu user nice system irq softirq iowait idle total 14.9% 0.0% 1.1% 0.3% 0.0% 83.5% 0.0% Mem: 1022532k av, 1012256k used, 10276k free, 0k shrd, 8700k buff 779880k actv, 146132k in_d, 13100k in_c Swap: 2040244k av, 282056k used, 1758188k free 580432k cached PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME CPU COMMAND 13989 apache 15 0 11460 9084 4220 D 6.1 0.8 0:00 0 httpd 14032 apache 16 0 11420 8932 4220 R 2.4 0.8 0:00 0 httpd 13942 apache 15 0 10204 7792 4208 D 0.7 0.7 0:00 0 httpd 14192 apache 15 0 9692 7952 4168 S 0.5 0.7 0:00 0 httpd 14193 apache 15 0 9692 7712 4164 D 0.5 0.7 0:00 0 httpd 14363 maddev 15 0 1380 1376 848 R 0.5 0.1 0:00 0 top 13883 apache 15 0 11540 9204 4256 D 0.3 0.9 0:01 0 httpd 14197 apache 15 0 10504 7612 4188 S 0.3 0.7 0:00 0 httpd 14198 apache 15 0 9724 7144 4156 S 0.3 0.6 0:00 0 httpd 5 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.1 0.0 7:49 0 kswapd 13691 apache 15 0 11912 8564 4336 D 0.1 0.8 0:04 0 httpd 13868 apache 15 0 10928 8836 4256 D 0.1 0.8 0:00 0 httpd 13878 apache 15 0 11476 9108 4216 S 0.1 0.8 0:01 0 httpd 13885 apache 15 0 11488 9128 4220 S 0.1 0.8 0:01 0 httpd 13901 apache 15 0 12012 9M 4252 D 0.1 1.0 0:01 0 httpd 13906 apache 15 0 9928 8092 4224 D 0.1 0.7 0:00 0 httpd 13931 apache 15 0 10476 8176 4232 D 0.1 0.7 0:00 0 httpd 13943 apache 15 0 10860 8920 4284 D 0.1 0.8 0:00 0 httpd 13970 mysql 15 0 38672 24M 1300 S 0.1 2.4 0:00 0 mysqld 13974 apache 15 0 10228 7996 4192 D 0.1 0.7 0:00 0 httpd 13982 apache 15 0 10928 8544 4204 D 0.1 0.8 0:00 0 httpd 13995 apache 15 0 10860 8380 4224 D 0.1 0.8 0:00 0 httpd 14061 apache 15 0 9572 7932 4176 D 0.1 0.7 0:00 0 httpd 14077 apache 15 0 9252 7612 4168 S 0.1 0.7 0:00 0 httpd 14099 apache 15 0 9260 7500 4176 S 0.1 0.7 0:00 0 httpd 14194 mysql 15 0 38672 24M 1300 S 0.1 2.4 0:00 0 mysqld 14195 apache 15 0 10716 8896 4216 D 0.1 0.8 0:00 0 httpd 14268 mysql 15 0 38672 24M 1300 S 0.1 2.4 0:00 0 mysqld 14401 root 20 0 6204 4124 3620 R 0.1 0.4 0:00 0 httpd 1 root 15 0 508 472 448 S 0.0 0.0 0:24 0 init 2 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:04 0 keventd 3 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:44 0 kapmd 4 root 34 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 ksoftirqd/0 7 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:06 0 bdflush 6 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 12:57 0 kscand
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04:43:53 up 200 days, 17:32, 1 user, load average: 23.25, 9.69, 4.33 277 processes: 274 sleeping, 3 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped CPU states: cpu user nice system irq softirq iowait idle total 14.5% 0.0% 2.3% 0.7% 0.0% 82.3% 0.0% Mem: 1022532k av, 618448k used, 404084k free, 0k shrd, 6260k buff 533328k actv, 38064k in_d, 2700k in_c Swap: 2040244k av, 216880k used, 1823364k free 223892k cached PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME CPU COMMAND 1447 mysql 15 0 35988 22M 1364 S 7.1 2.2 0:00 0 mysqld 1484 apache 15 0 9344 7288 4200 S 1.3 0.7 0:00 0 httpd 1207 apache 15 0 12396 9.8M 4440 S 0.7 0.9 0:02 0 httpd 1568 maddev 15 0 1424 1424 904 R 0.7 0.1 0:00 0 top 1377 apache 15 0 10568 7260 4204 D 0.5 0.7 0:00 0 httpd 1418 apache 15 0 10216 7348 4204 D 0.5 0.7 0:00 0 httpd 1422 apache 15 0 11560 8988 4260 S 0.5 0.8 0:00 0 httpd 1428 apache 15 0 11504 8772 4248 S 0.5 0.8 0:00 0 httpd 1461 apache 15 0 9916 6572 4192 S 0.5 0.6 0:00 0 httpd 1465 apache 15 0 9916 6608 4192 S 0.5 0.6 0:00 0 httpd 1474 apache 15 0 9916 7076 4192 S 0.5 0.6 0:00 0 httpd 1215 apache 15 0 12160 8156 4288 D 0.2 0.7 0:01 0 httpd 1216 apache 15 0 11128 7136 4300 D 0.2 0.6 0:01 0 httpd 1368 apache 15 0 10392 8332 4280 D 0.2 0.8 0:00 0 httpd 1371 mysql 15 0 35988 22M 1364 S 0.2 2.2 0:00 0 mysqld 1396 apache 15 0 10532 7556 4204 D 0.2 0.7 0:00 0 httpd 1427 apache 15 0 10204 7408 4244 D 0.2 0.7 0:00 0 httpd 1444 apache 15 0 9916 6352 4192 S 0.2 0.6 0:00 0 httpd 1469 apache 15 0 10664 7704 4208 D 0.2 0.7 0:00 0 httpd 1470 mysql 15 0 35988 22M 1364 S 0.2 2.2 0:00 0 mysqld 1473 apache 15 0 9916 7040 4192 S 0.2 0.6 0:00 0 httpd 1489 apache 15 0 8480 6880 4276 S 0.2 0.6 0:00 0 httpd 1495 apache 15 0 10924 9236 4216 S 0.2 0.9 0:00 0 httpd 1608 mysql 15 0 35988 22M 1364 S 0.2 2.2 0:00 0 mysqld 1 root 15 0 508 472 448 S 0.0 0.0 0:24 0 init 2 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:04 0 keventd 3 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:47 0 kapmd 4 root 34 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 ksoftirqd/0 7 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:06 0 bdflush 5 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 8:38 0 kswapd 6 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 14:48 0 kscand 8 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:11 0 kupdated 9 root 25 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mdrecoveryd 13 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 29:54 0 kjournald 68 root 25 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 khubd
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22:01:41 up 196 days, 10:49, 1 user, load average: 1.87, 1.76, 1.74 115 processes: 113 sleeping, 2 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped CPU states: cpu user nice system irq softirq iowait idle total 6.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 93.6% Mem: 1022532k av, 998516k used, 24016k free, 0k shrd, 17560k buff 775432k actv, 141536k in_d, 14668k in_c Swap: 2040244k av, 48904k used, 199****k free 809792k cached PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME CPU COMMAND 17697 apache 16 0 11600 9.9M 4472 S 2.7 0.9 0:05 0 httpd 18113 apache 16 0 10264 8716 4292 S 2.1 0.8 0:00 0 httpd 17812 apache 15 0 12320 10M 4344 S 0.3 1.0 0:05 0 httpd 17911 apache 15 0 11288 9808 4428 S 0.3 0.9 0:01 0 httpd 18193 maddev 17 0 1268 1268 904 R 0.1 0.1 0:00 0 top 1 root 15 0 508 476 448 S 0.0 0.0 0:24 0 init 2 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:04 0 keventd 3 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:46 0 kapmd 4 root 34 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 ksoftirqd/0 7 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:06 0 bdflush 5 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 8:21 0 kswapd 6 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 14:04 0 kscand 8 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:11 0 kupdated 9 root 25 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mdrecoveryd 13 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 29:41 0 kjournald 68 root 25 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 khubd 2146 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 kjournald 2506 root 15 0 588 552 504 S 0.0 0.0 1:03 0 syslogd 2510 root 15 0 452 396 392 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 klogd 2536 rpc 15 0 560 480 476 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 portmap 2548 root RT 0 536 436 408 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 auditd 2599 root 24 0 480 428 424 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 apmd 2676 root 15 0 804 636 556 S 0.0 0.0 0:30 0 sshd 2690 root 24 0 548 432 428 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 xinetd 2718 smmsp 15 0 1084 536 532 S 0.0 0.0 0:01 0 sendmail 2732 root 15 0 408 388 332 S 0.0 0.0 0:01 0 crond 2780 xfs 15 0 2140 268 264 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 xfs 2789 daemon 15 0 348 328 284 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 atd 2802 root 15 0 284 264 224 S 0.0 0.0 0:01 0 mdadm 2813 root 15 0 12152 11M 1372 S 0.0 1.1 0:01 0 mdmpd 2832 root 15 0 3992 1304 956 S 0.0 0.1 0:09 0 miniserv.pl 2836 root 22 0 120 72 68 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mingetty 2837 root 22 0 120 72 68 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mingetty 2838 root 22 0 120 72 68 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mingetty 2839 root 22 0 120 72 68 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mingetty