Server loads this high?

[Boofo]

Has anyone ever seen server loads this high from a site that is still online?

Server Load: 422.12 ? 419.91 : 413.15

[Andreas]

Jeez! I've seen loads of 130 on our old server ... but then site was moreless dead

[Boofo]

It's up to this now:

430.94 ? 428.86 : 422.12

It just keeps going higher. It has to be a false reading. There's no way the server should be even running with it that high is there?

Anyone have any ideas what might be casuing it and how to fix it?

[Natch]

Talk to your server techies: that's a ludicrous reading! OMG

[Boofo]

Here it is now:

Server Load: 456.64 » 453.71 : 446.14

I tried getting hold of my partner but his email got kicked back and I am dead in the water until I can get ahold of him. the site is still up and ruinnung and the Arcade hasn't slowed down at all though. There must be a bug in Apache 1.3.31 or PHP 4.3.9 somewhere that gives false readings. I don't klnow what else it could be and still have the site up and running.

[Natch]

When did the loads start showing this high? was it since a recent software upgrade? or just out of the blue?

[Michael Morris]

Hmm.. Check for a rootbox maybe??

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by Natch

When did the loads start showing this high? was it since a recent software upgrade? or just out of the blue?

It just started this afternoon. No recent upgrades.

Still climbing and the site is still up.

Server Load: 493.83 ? 490.92 : 483.10

[Brad]

I'd say it was a false reading if nothing has changed much. I have seen server load as high as 80 - 90 and it was awful slow at that point.

[Zachery]

Originally Posted by Boofo

It just started this afternoon. No recent upgrades.

Still climbing and the site is still up.

Server Load: 493.83 ? 490.92 : 483.10

I would give the box a reboot.