Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:15:28 -0600 (CST) From: Mark Tinguely <tinguely@casselton.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sudden peak in load average Message-ID: <200802271715.m1RHFSxV053997@casselton.net> In-Reply-To: <47C584D9.4080409@chrononomicon.com>
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> Is it possible that there's a message in your queue that's *being > processed*, so it may have arrived earlier than near that time and > causes the spike? Bart is correct that the SA processing occurs before sendmail log entry. Lately, I have had problems with the latest spamass-milter. Occasionally, something is forking off another spamass-milter and the original one is in some tight loop eating processor time. I am not sure if it is the newer spamass-milter or the fact that I also added the dkim-milter into the mix. FYI: I sent to the original questioner a crude C program to monitor his current loadaverage. This monitor will save the output of the command "ps -aux" to a timestamped temporary file when the current loadaverage exceeds a defined amount (15.0). --Mark Tinguely
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