ubuntu server

[Angus MacGyver]

On Sun, 2009-11-08 at 16:59 -0500, Brian McKee wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Dhiraj Chatpar <dchatpar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am facing issues with the ubuntu server. my load average is 100. i want to
> > optimize my system in order to bring this down or use my hard disk as swap
> > like i do in windows.. is that possible
> 
> If you load average is 100, you need more than swap to fix the problem.
> 
> try 'sudo top' and see what's killing your system.
> 
> I'd be surprised if you installed server without swap, as well.  What
> does 'swapon -s' show?
> 
> Brian


Second that one...

Something is very very definitely killing your system.

Is an internal machine, or one on the Internet ?

How much physical RAM is there in the machine
What services is it providing ? (mail/web/samba etc?)
The output of top - does it show many instances of a single process ???
(e.g. 60 instances of httpd)


AM