Re: IBM server slows down

["Nabeel Moidu" <nabeelmoidu@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Andrew Bacchi <bacchi@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Some basic system troubleshooting is needed here.
>
> What is the load average, and is it fairly constant over time?  "uptime"
> will report load average.
> Issue "top", what is the CPU load?  And how many CPUs does the machine have?
>  Are they all busy?
> How much memory is used, how much swap?  "free" will give this info.
> Is the /tmp directory full, or any other directory?  "df" command .
> Is there an errant process, that is eating up all resources?  "top" again.
>
> Then look at your telnet connections, and see if the network connection is
> causing your slowness.
>

I'd add sar to that list. Gives you a good way to observe the
building-up of system resource utilization

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Thanks and Regards
Nabeel Moidu
Doha, Qatar

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