[ILUG] server slow down

[Kae Verens]

Barry O'Donovan wrote:

> Hey John,
> 
> What's the output of the following commands:
> 
> w  (looking for the system load)
> free (looking for how much RAM and SWAP is in use)
> 
> And can you cut'n'paste the top 10 (say) process lines of top sorted by CPU 
> usage (press P when top is running) and memory usage (press M when running).
> 
> You can even compare these yourself with the other machine.

from a hardware side, have you added any new machines to the network? 
And, if so, are you using a hub or a switch to connect them?

If it's a hub, it could be that the added traffic is causing the 
problem, and you'd be advised (by me, anyway) to move to a switch instead.

Kae