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:
Code:
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
Code:
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
Code:
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
Code:
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
Code:
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
Code:
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

