I'm still seeing some hang-ups, is this normal:
TOP output, the first few lines -- they are all root-owned and they are all php-fpm..
below these lines there are other php-fpm's but they are owned by actual users, not root..
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
4678 root 20 0 641520 48324 34756 R 76.2 0.1 108:46.79 php-fpm
4696 root 20 0 639408 49620 36100 R 74.2 0.1 108:51.10 php-fpm
5219 root 20 0 605984 46624 36168 R 74.2 0.1 104:15.78 php-fpm
4702 root 20 0 311820 27844 20336 R 71.9 0.0 110:53.99 php-fpm