RH9 Slow on Proliant ML330

[Michael Ault]

Check your shared memory settings, sounds like the
system is swapping out.

Mike
--- mickey <mickey at gccsda.com> wrote:
> I'm having an issue with my Proliant ML330 server
> and RH9, can't tell if 
> it's hardware or software...
> 
> The problem is that the server - (usually lightning
> speed) will go into 
> freeze or just take a break for a few seconds.  A
> couple of times, I've 
> had to power off to clear it, but other times, after
> 5 to 30 seconds it 
> will take off again.
> 
> The easiest way to test it has been to tar cz a
> group of large 
> directories while running top in another window.  I
> notice that several 
> times, I get about 500 -600 MB gets created, then
> suddenly the tar job 
> will pause (on a 1 or 3 MB file), top will show
> processor speed dropped 
> from 50% down to 0%, and the keyboard will even
> hang, nothing seems to 
> happen.  Just as suddenly, the tar job will usually
> (eventually) take 
> off again, the terminal window shows the keys I had
> typed during the 
> "hung" time, and top will again show tar sucking
> 40-60% processor.  Last 
> night while I tested it, I observed this at least 10
> times in as many 
> minutes...
> 
> No errors present in /var/log/messages.
> 
> 
> SW - RH 9 [almost] current RHN, The only processes
> running are samba 
> (build from Jan 04) and iptables NAT, Squid with
> DansGuardian.
> 
> HW - ML330 G3 Xeon 2.8, 1.2GB
> 3 Internal 36 GB SCSI drives SW raid 5 on the
> integrated SCSI Controller
> Built in 100/1000BaseT NIC
> 
> 
> 
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Michael R. Ault
Senior Technical Management Consultant
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