I have a vps server running FreeBSD 9 amd64. If I do something like install a port, the load goes sky high and the system becomes very sluggish. It recovers just fine though.
Here is some sample top -HS output.
Here is some sample top -HS output.
Code:
last pid: 58642; load averages: 8.94, 6.70, 4.27
307 processes: 31 running, 263 sleeping, 13 waiting
CPU: 0.0% user, 0.0% nice, 9.7% system, 65.4% interrupt, 24.8% idle
Mem: 491M Active, 261M Inact, 218M Wired, 832K Cache, 110M Buf, 3156K Free
Swap: 4096M Total, 238M Used, 3858M Free, 5% Inuse, 36K Out
PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE C TIME WCPU COMMAND
12 root -68 - 0K 240K RUN 0 114:51 37.99% intr{swi2: cambio}
12 root -88 - 0K 240K WAIT 1 91:40 33.98% intr{irq14: ata0}
12 root -60 - 0K 240K WAIT 1 383:24 16.99% intr{swi4: clock}
13 root -8 - 0K 48K CPU0 0 299:57 16.99% geom{g_up}
12 root -60 - 0K 240K RUN 0 5:07 16.99% intr{swi4: clock}
58466 www 52 0 434M 26120K RUN 0 0:07 9.96% httpd
11 root 155 ki31 0K 32K RUN 1 386.3H 7.96% idle{idle: cpu1}
11 root 155 ki31 0K 32K RUN 0 375.4H 6.98% idle{idle: cpu0}
12 root -56 - 0K 240K WAIT 0 149:59 6.98% intr{swi5: +}
54851 www 30 0 498M 73204K RUN 0 0:28 3.96% httpd
5 root -16 - 0K 16K psleep 1 1:38 1.95% vmdaemon
57436 www 22 0 468M 34864K RUN 0 0:05 1.95% httpd
16 root -16 - 0K 16K sdflus 0 84:34 0.98% softdepflush
14 root -16 - 0K 16K - 1 1:16 0.98% yarrow
1422 mysql 42 0 1290M 126M sbwait 0 0:05 0.98% mysqld{mysqld}
56570 www 21 0 492M 32512K biord 0 0:04 0.98% httpd
12 root -88 - 0K 240K WAIT 0 212:02 0.00% intr{irq23: uhci0}
13 root -8 - 0K 48K RUN 0 148:44 0.00% geom{g_down}
1422 mysql 20 0 1290M 126M select 1 53:37 0.00% mysqld{mysqld}