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Continuous CPU Usage health emails

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ZacE

Guest
Hi,

My server has suddenly started to constantly send me "alarm level changed" emails. I am unsure about how to diagnose exactly what could be causing this.

I am running Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 - 2.6.26-2-686-bigmem on a VPS.

Still in the process of understanding all the typical diagnosis commands for each situation, so any help is greatly appreciated.

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Server health parameter "CPU > Total usage" changed its status from "green" to "red".

top - 13:44:17 up 3:42, 1 user, load average: 2.79, 2.20, 1.57
Tasks: 129 total, 1 running, 128 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 1.3%us, 0.6%sy, 0.0%ni, 48.1%id, 49.8%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.1%st
Mem: 1063412k total, 799856k used, 263556k free, 64564k buffers
Swap: 915664k total, 0k used, 915664k free, 338280k cached

PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
9607 galaxy 20 0 46800 30m 6304 S 12.0 2.9 0:01.56 php5-cgi
2389 root 20 0 59688 1964 844 S 6.0 0.2 2:08.59 sw-collectd
1 root 20 0 2104 688 588 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.32 init
2 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kthreadd
3 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0
4 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.50 ksoftirqd/0
5 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0
6 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.50 events/0
7 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khelper
15 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 xenwatch
16 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 xenbus
43 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd/0
52 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kseriod
86 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 pdflush
88 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kswapd0
89 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/0
169 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khvcd
501 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:03.06 kjournald
573 root 16 -4 2288 772 488 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.08 udevd
1366 root 20 0 27272 1332 952 S 0.0 0.1 0:01.01 rsyslogd
1386 bind 20 0 43380 10m 2616 S 0.0 1.0 0:00.14 named
1400 root 20 0 5416 1020 660 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 sshd
1440 root 20 0 2836 1316 1084 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 mysqld_safe
1477 mysql 20 0 137m 41m 5796 S 0.0 4.0 0:18.71 mysqld
1478 root 20 0 1752 532 456 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 logger
1662 root 20 0 3180 624 508 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.04 couriertcpd
1664 root 20 0 1756 500 424 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.06 courierlogger
1673 root 20 0 3180 624 508 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.04 couriertcpd
1675 root 20 0 1756 496 424 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.04 courierlogger
1682 root 20 0 3180 608 504 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 couriertcpd
1684 root 20 0 1624 340 284 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 courierlogger
1692 root 20 0 3180 616 508 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 couriertcpd
1694 root 20 0 1756 496 424 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 courierlogger
1777 root 20 0 5628 1836 1480 S 0.0 0.2 0:02.14 master
1786 postfix 20 0 5684 1916 1540 S 0.0 0.2 0:01.26 qmgr
1868 popuser 20 0 5544 2208 820 S 0.0 0.2 0:09.56 imapd
1886 bind 20 0 41672 8948 2604 S 0.0 0.8 0:00.52 named
1890 root 20 0 2488 840 684 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 xinetd
1947 root 20 0 29672 26m 2532 S 0.0 2.5 0:03.22 spamd
1971 popuser 20 0 35492 32m 2504 S 0.0 3.1 0:03.24 spamd
1972 popuser 20 0 36216 32m 2484 S 0.0 3.2 0:01.28 spamd
2246 root 20 0 58852 18m 4944 S 0.0 1.7 0:02.00 sw-engine
2272 root 20 0 7084 1584 1132 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.12 nmbd
2276 root 20 0 12528 2684 2036 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.00 smbd
2289 root 20 0 12528 988 340 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 smbd
2318 sd-agent 20 0 10176 5584 1572 S 0.0 0.5 0:04.98 python
2436 root 20 0 3456 1000 808 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.18 cron
2469 root 20 0 24040 4656 1888 S 0.0 0.4 0:03.48 fail2ban-server
2485 root 20 0 1768 508 440 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty
2486 root 20 0 1768 508 436 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty
2487 root 20 0 1768 504 436 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty
2495 root 20 0 1768 508 436 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty
2498 root 20 0 1768 508 436 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty
2500 root 20 0 1768 504 436 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty
2502 root 20 0 1768 504 436 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 getty
2564 postfix 20 0 6008 2660 1940 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.02 tlsmgr
3188 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:02.92 pdflush
5134 sw-cp-se 20 0 5744 3312 1544 S 0.0 0.3 0:01.00 sw-cp-serverd
6084 root 20 0 3540 1592 1304 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 couriertls
6085 root 20 0 3540 1596 1304 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.00 couriertls
6086 root 20 0 3540 1588 1304 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.02 couriertls
6087 popuser 20 0 4476 1156 784 S 0.0 0.1 0:01.42 imapd
6088 root 20 0 3540 1592 1304 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 couriertls
6089 root 20 0 3540 1604 1304 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.00 couriertls
6090 popuser 20 0 4348 948 768 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.32 imapd
6091 popuser 20 0 4348 916 768 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.10 imapd
6092 popuser 20 0 4348 988 768 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.76 imapd
6105 popuser 20 0 4612 1336 836 S 0.0 0.1 0:01.76 imapd
6112 root 20 0 3540 1588 1304 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 couriertls
6115 root 20 0 3540 1596 1304 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.00 couriertls
6120 popuser 20 0 4348 904 768 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.02 imapd
6124 popuser 20 0 4348 1004 820 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.08 imapd
6134 root 20 0 3540 1592 1304 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 couriertls
6135 root 20 0 3540 1592 1304 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 couriertls
6136 root 20 0 3540 1592 1304 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.02 couriertls
6138 popuser 20 0 4348 972 816 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.10 imapd
6140 popuser 20 0 4348 920 768 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.08 imapd
6147 popuser 20 0 4348 988 812 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.18 imapd
6159 root 20 0 3672 1700 1388 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.02 couriertls
6161 root 20 0 3672 1700 1388 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.02 couriertls
6162 root 20 0 3672 1700 1388 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.02 couriertls
6163 root 20 0 3672 1700 1388 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.02 couriertls
6165 popuser 20 0 4348 888 744 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.22 imapd
6166 popuser 20 0 4348 900 764 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.20 imapd
6167 popuser 20 0 4348 916 768 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.12 imapd
6168 popuser 20 0 4348 940 768 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.18 imapd
7567 root 20 0 3672 1704 1388 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.02 couriertls
7568 popuser 20 0 4348 908 764 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.18 imapd
7572 popuser 20 0 4612 1352 840 S 0.0 0.1 0:01.52 imapd
7574 root 20 0 3672 1700 1380 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.14 couriertls
7578 popuser 20 0 4348 1028 832 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.10 imapd
7580 root 20 0 3540 1592 1296 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 couriertls
7584 popuser 20 0 4348 952 772 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.04 imapd
7586 root 20 0 3540 1588 1296 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 couriertls
7590 popuser 20 0 4348 948 768 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.02 imapd
7592 root 20 0 3540 1588 1296 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 couriertls
7596 root 20 0 3540 1592 1304 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 couriertls
7597 popuser 20 0 4348 804 664 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 imapd
7604 root 20 0 3540 1588 1304 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 couriertls
7605 popuser 20 0 4348 796 660 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 imapd
7609 root 20 0 3540 1588 1304 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 couriertls
7610 popuser 20 0 4348 896 748 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.02 imapd
7755 root 20 0 10488 3084 2492 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.34 sshd
7758 root 20 0 4244 1724 1352 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.00 bash
8321 popuser 20 0 4464 1100 824 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.36 imapd
8511 root 20 0 3672 1704 1388 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.00 couriertls
8512 root 20 0 3672 1704 1388 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.00 couriertls
8513 popuser 20 0 4468 1140 844 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.04 imapd
8514 popuser 20 0 4996 1688 792 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.08 imapd
8954 root 20 0 3672 1704 1388 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.00 couriertls
8955 popuser 20 0 4348 944 768 S 0.0 0.1 0:00.06 imapd
9027 postfix 20 0 5640 1728 1400 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.00 pickup
9072 root 20 0 43240 18m 8912 S 0.0 1.8 0:00.28 apache2
9073 www-data 20 0 33584 7884 664 S 0.0 0.7 0:00.02 apache2
9081 www-data 20 0 44560 16m 4528 S 0.0 1.6 0:01.22 apache2
9082 www-data 20 0 57392 28m 4532 S 0.0 2.8 0:01.08 apache2
9085 root 20 0 2392 1164 876 S 0.0 0.1 0:02.40 top
9086 maddymai 20 0 39588 23m 6904 S 0.0 2.3 0:05.96 php5-cgi
9089 www-data 20 0 54516 25m 4520 S 0.0 2.5 0:01.52 apache2
9090 www-data 20 0 54516 25m 4528 S 0.0 2.5 0:00.98 apache2
9114 www-data 20 0 54532 25m 4536 S 0.0 2.5 0:01.68 apache2
9216 neonbrea 20 0 34692 19m 7296 S 0.0 1.9 0:01.48 php5-cgi
9217 www-data 20 0 43864 12m 2168 S 0.0 1.2 0:00.00 apache2
9251 www-data 20 0 57588 28m 4484 S 0.0 2.8 0:00.70 apache2
9254 www-data 20 0 44640 16m 4504 S 0.0 1.6 0:01.12 apache2
9255 www-data 20 0 44424 15m 4508 S 0.0 1.5 0:00.38 apache2
9328 digigirl 20 0 26232 10m 6340 S 0.0 1.0 0:01.24 php5-cgi
9445 www-data 20 0 43372 12m 1960 S 0.0 1.2 0:00.04 apache2
9613 root 20 0 2388 1052 796 R 0.0 0.1 0:00.00 top
 
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