[Linux-cluster] Too large load on the login node

[Juan Ramon Martin Blanco]

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Nicolas Ferré
<nicolas.ferre at univ-provence.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We recently installed a new cluster composed of 1 login node and several
> computing nodes running CentOS. These nodes share a GFS2 fs made of two
> partitions.
>
> A strange thing is that on each node, the activity load (as monitored by the
> 'top' command) is always larger than 1. After some googling, it seems
> someone already reported this problem but I can't see any solution.
> Moreover, on the login node, the load is even larger:
> top - 11:34:17 up 1 day, 22:07,  1 user,  load average: 16.19, 16.20, 16.12
> while there is no cpu-intensive running processes.
>
Which cluster-suite versions are you using?
Look for processes in state D or R (ps aux) and paste them here.

Greetings,
Juanra
> Do you have an explanation?
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