Load Average 1.33, 0.87, 0.40

[Guillermo]

my server:
AMD opteron 270
2X 1 GB DDR400, ECC buffered redundant memory
Tyan thunder k8se
6X 18.2 GB U160 scsi disks, 2 in raid 1 OS, software), 4 in raid 5 (data).

Centos 4.3 64 bit 2.6.9-34.ELsmp


The problem is, when someone is uploading, i get an average serverload of 1.33, 0.87, 0.40.

Is that normal? I have quite a high end server!
Also the FTP upload speed is terrible.

 

[nobaloney]

1.33 by itself can be reasonable or not reasonable, depending on what else is going on. It's certainly not by itself indicative of any problem.

I just finished posting to another thread on the subject of ftp upload speed. Are you using a firewall? If so, what firewall and what changes, if any, did you make to it?

And did you try ftp with passive turned off to see if it's any faster?

Jeff

 

[propcgamer]

When you run top, do you have alot of iowait or "% wa"?

There is a common bug in kernel bug with alot of the 2.6.9- versions.

If you can either backtrack to 2.6.9-11 kernel, some people are saying that the bug isnt in that version.

Or you can try to upgrade to 2.6.10 or 2.6.16.18 (latest version).
Here is a pretty good guide about how to compile a kernel:
http://www.eth0.us/generic-2.6.10

However, that is a pretty generic kernel build, and did not work on one of my servers (i still have lot to learn how custom kernels).