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From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:05:14PM -0700, prad wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:23:32 -0400
> Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote:
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> > Is the console responsive when this happens?
> >
> when it bogs it takes ages to even ssh into the server.

You do realise that this particular symptom usually points to reverse-lookup
errors. I would examine your DNS server logs.
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Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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