Issue High Load Average, but low CPU and RAM usage

[Epizefiri]

Server operating system version

Ubuntu 20

Plesk version and microupdate number

obsidian

Hello there,
I've a very high Load Average ( 12 on a 4 CPU - 8GB Ram VPS ) and a low RAM/CPU use, also iotop looks ok.
How to determine the reason of the high load?

 

[Peter Debik]

ps aux | sort -nrk 3,3 | head -n 20
will show you the top 20 processes by cpu load. This will probably reveal the user account or website that is the culprit.

 

[Epizefiri]

Hm,
I don't see anything interesting

 

[Peter Debik]

If these are the top 20 processes, your server is practically idle.

I've a very high Load Average ( 12 on a 4 CPU - 8GB Ram VPS )

Please provide evidence where you see the load average.

 

[Epizefiri]

If these are the top 20 processes, your server is practically idle.


Please provide evidence where you see the load average.

I'm using htop

 

[Peter Debik]

Could you please show the output?

 

[Epizefiri]

Hi Peter,
I rebooted the system and the load is now "normal".