This happens to be a post from an experience on a Ubuntu machine... although the machine was practically unused, an entire CPU was consumed (by ksoftirqd) Resolution: # date -s "`date`" root@wwwsrv01:~# uname -a Linux wwwsrv01 2.6.32-32-server #62-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 20 22:07:43 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux root@wwwsrv01:~# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS Release: 10.04 Codename: lucid root@wwwsrv01:~# top top - 23:02:11 up 491 days, 12:35, 1 user, load average: 1.45, 1.37, 1.30 Tasks: 206 total, 2 running, 204 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 6.3%us, 12.0%sy, 0.0%ni, 81.6%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.1%si, 0.0%st Mem: 8253648k total, 7464608k used, 789040k free, 448916k buffers Swap: 19771384k total, 3140k used, 19768244k free, 5471676k cached PID USER...
Linux: The whole world made it for you... This blog is a collection of things I come across either at home or at work as a Linux Administrator. I have worked as an Admin working with Solaris, SAN, Backups and Linux at the Enterprise level for over 16 years.