OpenVZ VPS high load cause

[ICPH]

Hello,

on OpenVZ VPS (apache webserver) when running "top" command, i have average average 75% CPU idle, around 60% RAM free and %wa value (HDD I/O) is at zero

Load grows to around 20.00 +

what else please should i check to find out which limit need to be increased on VPS please?

CPU, RAM, limits looks good as mentioned above

 

[KuJoe]

I'm thinking the rest of the node is taxed so any minor usage will look bad from your VPS.


I have a VPS with an LET provider where if you run adduser it will spike the load to 10+ for 5-10 minutes, same with any vi usage. It's because the node is poorly managed and not a reflection of my VPS usage.

 

[DomainBop]

on OpenVZ VPS (apache webserver) when running "top" command, i have average average 75% CPU idle, around 60% RAM free and %wa value (HDD I/O) is at zero

Load grows to around 20.00 +

If you're running Apache my guess would be you're getting hit with brute force attacks, hackerbots which are causing the load spikes.

 

[QuadraNet_Adam]

Contact your provider, there is likely an abusive neighboring container or a failed drive.

 

[ICPH]

Rest of the VPSs load averages looking good on node. These values appears to be decent, only 3 VPS has load over 1.00 and they dont have load higher than 3.00.

There is more than 10 visitors opening an webpage at a time on mentioned VPS, but as mentioned "top" results dont looks like something is exhausted on that VPS.

 

[Flapadar]

 

Rest of the VPSs load averages looking good on node. These values appears to be decent, only 3 VPS has load over 1.00 and they dont have load higher than 3.00.

There is more than 10 visitors opening an webpage at a time on mentioned VPS, but as mentioned "top" results dont looks like something is exhausted on that VPS.

 

Sounds like a failing drive. Run a smart long test on all of your drives. It's common for a VPS or few which has some data on a bad sector to have insane load before the drive dies.  The other VPS's might not have a very high load