Server keep hanging
- Thread starter bryan14
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Without logging into the server and monitoring it for a while, it may be impossible to track down. I would have to say that the most common reason for a server to become none responsive is a script or other application that has taken up every bit of memory or cpu. Try monitoring the server with "top -c" and you may very well find your problem.
If it doesn't happen often enough to just sit and watch, set up a cron job that pipes the top command out to log file so after the next crash, you can see what was running last.
Cron:
* * * * * top -n1 -c >> /root/top.out
or Shell:
while true; do top -n1 -c >> /root/top.out; sleep 60; done
If it doesn't happen often enough to just sit and watch, set up a cron job that pipes the top command out to log file so after the next crash, you can see what was running last.
Cron:
* * * * * top -n1 -c >> /root/top.out
or Shell:
while true; do top -n1 -c >> /root/top.out; sleep 60; done