Even though I have set notification_interval from 120 to 120m. It might take the changed interval_limit from nagios.cfg.
I am receiving far too many e-mails and text messages in case of downtime at the moment. We're testing our monitoring servers at the moment, but we don't need a new notification every 25 minutes...
We are starting to use Nagios for some remote service checks (http, smpt, pop, ssh, etc..) and the notifications are not being sent out. We have the regular hosts configured and those are being sent out just fine.
Here's what we have currently:
Part of our services.cfg looks like this:
Code:
#### Generic services template ################
define service{
name generic-service;
active_checks_enabled 1;
obsess_over_service 1;
check_freshness 0;
notifications_enabled 1;
event_handler_enabled 1;
flap_detection_enabled 1;
retain_status_information 1;
retain_nonstatus_information 1;
register 0;
}
define service{
use generic-service
name basic-service
is_volatile 0
check_period 24x7
max_check_attempts 15
normal_check_interval 5
retry_check_interval 1
notification_interval 20
notification_period 24x7
register 0
}
define service{
use basic-service
name dns-service
check_command check_dns
max_check_attempts 10
check_period 24x7
notification_interval 20
notification_period 24x7
notification_options c,r
contact_groups localadmin
register 0
}
#### HOST01 ######
define service{
use dns-service
host_name host01
servicegroups mygroup
service_description DNS
contact_groups localadmin
}
To me, that looks correct. Host01's service check should inherit
everything through 'use dns-service' line.
checkcommands.cfg file for DNS:
Code:
# 'check_dns' command definition
define command{
command_name check_dns
command_line $USER1$/check_dns -H $HOSTADDRESS$
}
contactgroups.cfg:
Code:
define contactgroup{
contactgroup_name localadmin
alias Site Administrator
members nagios
}
contacts.cfg:
Code:
define contact{
contact_name nagios
alias admin
host_notification_period 24x7
service_notification_period 24x7
service_notification_options w,u,c,r,f
host_notification_options d,u,r,f
service_notification_commands notify-by-email
host_notification_commands host-notify-by-email
email mail@domain.com
}
I believe the above should be correct since I have host and service to
be notified by email. Obviously I'm overlooking something.
Using the current version of Nagios, Nagios plugins, and NRPE. Trying to get monitoring of a remote server working. I have other monitoring services functioning, HTTP, POP, FTP, PING. Trying to use check_nrpe.
Monitoring Server from command line I run:
/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -n -p 5666 -t 30
and it returns:
CHECK_NRPE: Error receiving data from daemon.
Also I have tested "/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nrpe -H localhost" on both Monitoring and Remote server successfully. Then changed the ip in the /etc/xinetd.d/nrpe back and reloaded xinetd.
On the Remote server, in the messages log I am getting the following:
Jan 20 22:54:44 XXXX nrpe[8186]: INFO: SSL/TLS initialized. All network traffic will be encrypted.
Jan 20 22:54:44 XXXX nrpe[8186]: Error: Could not complete SSL handshake. 1
This is strange because I turned off SSL using the -n option in check_nrpe command.
I can successfully Telnet into the remote server with "telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 5666", so I know it is not a firewall issue on the remote server. By the way, both servers have openssl-0.9.7a. What am I missing? Can I compile nrpe with no SSL support, and if so how can that be done?
I have configured Nagios on my network 10+ Servers (Linux+Windows) now when i check through http://localhost/nagios everything is ok but only ping command is giving following message :-
Unknown
bin/ping -n -U -w 10 -c 5 x.x.x.x
CRITICAL - Could not interpret output from ping command
and mail me "server down " message
So what is the issue ?
I am able to run this command through command line
./check_ping -H {server} -w 100.0,20% -c 500,50% -p 5
PING OK - Packet loss = 0%
./check_ping -H x.x.x.x -w 300.0,80% -c 500.0,100% -p 5
PING OK - Packet loss = 0%
Anyone know of a monitoring package that is essentially Nagios and Cacti in one? Nice SNMP capabilities, but still basic service checks (smtp, dns, web with host, etc), and some nice reporting?
Most reporting packages I've looked at seem so overly complicated with confusing/cluttered UIs and lack plain simplicity.
All I want is to monitor these servers, use SNMP for RAID status, disk space, CPU, etc, and verify connectivity to its services and each website. Is it asking too much? I've been using Cacti and Nagios, but separately and I'd really like something that combines the two of them.
I have installed nagios 3.06 on my centos server. Anybody know the steps to configure this nagios to check my other servrers.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to use the check_time Nagios plugin to see the Time/Date/GMT but this is not possible because the servers is not abled to receive connections on the port 37, see the plugin output:
[root@fireslayer libexec]# ./check_time -H 189.1.169.70
Connection refused
TIME UNKNOWN - could not connect to server 189.1.169.70, port 37
[root@fireslayer libexec]# ./check_time --udp -H 189.xxx.xxx.xxx
TIME UNKNOWN - no data received from server 189.xxx.xxx.xxx, port 37
[root@fireslayer libexec]#
Without the --udp the plugin try to connect on port 37 with TCP protocool
We wanted to put up a nagios server for monitoring around 9 - 12 servers and couldn't find any real specs on what kind of machines are required for nagios.
Any leads on what kind of machines would do? My concern was the RAM requirement - if nagios works well on low end machines, it may make sense for us to host it on some VPS.
Wanted to check in with people who run nagios installations and their experiences.
We are currently using Nagios and really liking it! But ran across Centreon which is apparently based on the Nagios core. Any one have any experience with it? Any pro and/or cons of either system?
Also from a desktop monitoring standpoint, anyone have a preference to monitor software? A1Monitor vs. PortSensor or is there another one you would recommend. This is all for monitoring Linux boxes and looking at systems/software that provides alert notifications.
I want to configure Nagios to monitor Windows and Linux servers and their services. I have to install NSClient in Windows servers and NRPE in Linux servers to collect the data. I don't want to install any plugin in any server. Is there any guide available which describes how to enable Monitoring of servers using SNMP through Nagios?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a problem with getting yaps to work
I try this:
yaps -t 7781234567@fido.ca 'test msg'
and
yaps -t 7781234567 'test msg'
and get
No service for pager id 7781234567 found
btw, 7781234567 is not my real number
Well a day later I got Nagios installed and configured .
What other things do people use it for then monitoring
ftp, http, smtp, pop. Thats all ive set it up for so far.
What other good is it?
I'm trying to install nagios according to this Centos wiki documentation
[url]
[root@server ~]# yum install nagios nagios-plugins nagios-plugins-nrpe nagios-devel
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package
What am I doing wrong here?
[root@server6 ~]# uname -a
Linux server.host.com 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 #1 SMP Tue Jul 10 06:50:22 EDT 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@server ~]# yum update
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion
I am wondering what services it is best to monitor with Nagios which I've installed on my Centos 5.3 VPS. I wish to monitor and understand all essential services of the VPS itself at this stage but, generally, to make the best possible use of Nagios as an analytical tool as well as basic monitoring notifications, etc.
I already have a rough idea based on the main services being run. But I imagine there may be more to this than meets the eye, in particular, in view of any potential performance cost, etc.
I am especially keen to obtain as detailed a picture as possible concerning performance related criteria with a mind to indicating possible improvements that could be made.
I've tried installing Nagios on my cPanel server and cannot get it to work for the life of me...can anyone point me to a decent "layman's terms" guide for installing this on a cPanel server...Preferably with lots of pretty pictures
View 2 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to find a hosting company or private linux server that will host an installation of Nagios which is a monitoring utility. It does require some linux system packages to be installed as well as a break in the firewall for the monitoring.
Does anyone know of cheap linux private server (less than $25/month), or is anyone else running this with someone? It really requires no memory or hard drive space and I'm sure could run in a less than amazing CPU environment. It generates pretty constant web traffic but very low bandwidth.
Ive got a strange error with then new rc1 version of Nagios 3
check_ping returns the error:
CRITICAL - Could not interpret output from ping command
and sets the monitor to down
unyet running the check_ping from the command line
ie:
/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ping -H 127.0.0.1-w 100.0,20% -c 500.0,60% -p 5
works fine and returns ledgible responses
anyone have any idea whats causing this and how to fix it?
I'm thinking of purchasing a server that will monitor about 50 different servers using Nagios. It would probably just run Apache and nothing else but i was wondering if anyone has experience setting up a Nagios server just for monitoring other boxes on a network.
I'm wondeirng if this can be done. I will be monitoring a few customer servers but would like to give those customers access to Nagios and access only to their servers and nobody elses. Is there a way to setup Nagios so certain users can view their own boxes and nobody elses? Probaby setting up some type of group configuration. What about alerts? If a customers box goes down they would need to be alerted. Does Nagios allow those users to receive alerts specific to their boxes.
Not even sure how powerful the server should be. Probably a Celery or something a bit more powerful should do.
I've got two websites on my server.
As soon as I turn on site #2, apache starts eating up the ram.
After 30 minutes server goes into swap, and the sleeping processes starts increasing.
Reason why I know it's apache, is if I stop apache, the amount of free ram immediately starts increasing.
Is this a misconfiguration of Apache?
Code:
[Sat Jul 28 21:40:09 2007] [notice] Apache/2.0.52 (Red Hat) configured -- resuming normal operations
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:08 2007] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:18 2007] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec)
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:18 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:18 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:18 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:18 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:18 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:18 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:18 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:19 2007] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec)
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:19 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:19 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:19 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:19 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:19 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:19 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:19 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:19 2007] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ...
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:19 2007] [notice] Digest: done
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:19 2007] [notice] LDAP: Built with OpenLDAP LDAP SDK
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:19 2007] [notice] LDAP: SSL support unavailable
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:19 2007] [notice] mod_python: Creating 4 session mutexes based on 256 max processes and 0 max threads.
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:19 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:19 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:19 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:19 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:19 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:19 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:19 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sat Jul 28 21:45:19 2007] [notice] Apache/2.0.52 (Red Hat) configured -- resuming normal operations
[Sat Jul 28 21:50:08 2007] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Sat Jul 28 21:50:08 2007] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/suexec)
[Sat Jul 28 21:50:08 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
[Sat Jul 28 21:50:08 2007] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `plesk' does NOT match server name!?
........
This just started a few hours ago. This is in my inbox:
06:54:01 PM cpanel@server.mydomain mysql on server.mydomain failed
06:45:11 PM cpanel@server.mydomain mysql on server.mydomain failed
06:36:25 PM cpanel@server.mydomain mysql on server.mydomain failed
06:27:34 PM cpanel@server.mydomain mysql on server.mydomain failed
06:18:46 PM cpanel@server.mydomain mysql on server.mydomain failed
06:09:57 PM cpanel@server.mydomain mysql on server.mydomain failed
06:01:05 PM cpanel@server.mydomain mysql on server.mydomain failed
05:51:46 PM cpanel@server.mydomain mysql on server.mydomain failed
05:42:58 PM cpanel@server.mydomain mysql on server.mydomain failed
05:34:08 PM cpanel@server.mydomain mysql on server.mydomain failed
05:25:19 PM cpanel@server.mydomain mysql on server.mydomain failed
05:16:31 PM cpanel@server.mydomain mysql on server.mydomain failed
05:07:43 PM cpanel@server.mydomain mysql on server.mydomain failed
04:58:53 PM cpanel@server.mydomain mysql on server.mydomain failed
04:50:05 PM cpanel@server.mydomain mysql on server.mydomain failed
04:41:09 PM cpanel@server.mydomain mysql on server.mydomain failed
04:32:15 PM cpanel@server.mydomain mysql on server.mydomain failed
04:23:28 PM cpanel@server.mydomain mysql on server.mydomain failed
04:14:36 PM cpanel@server.mydomain mysql on server.mydomain failed
04:05:48 PM cpanel@server.mydomain mysql on server.mydomain failed
03:56:57 PM cpanel@server.mydomain mysql on server.mydomain failed
03:48:09 PM cpanel@server.mydomain mysql on server.mydomain failed
And they're still arriving to my inbox. When you look at the time stamps, it's failing every 9 minutes. I looked in the crontab and there is nothing running every 9 minutes. Not even close. But there's something happening every 9 minutes. Where do I look?
I recently signed up (just yesterday) with this company on the grounds of pricing and reviews. I especially noted the fact that they respond "in minutes" well. I have opened 2 tickets thusfar:
first:
Created On: 15 Jul 2007 04:54 PM Last Update: 15 Jul 2007 06:06 PM
second:
reated On: 16 Jul 2007 02:25 AM
I am new to the VPS hosting game. Are support times generally longer than with shared hosting? Or am I just encountering some bad luck? To me, you should want to be impressing newly registered customers. Especially concerning support and when the client has stated VPS is new to him.
I am currently on this plan:
Managed
cPanel - Platinum
450GB 512MB 1.5GB 30GB 2 IPs cPanel: $44.95
Any others out there with quick support times (livechat?) and a comparable package/price? (price is important)
Our new server crashes about every 30',causing high high load(80!)
After mysql restart,everything its ok.
System:
Dual Core @ 3Ghz
1GB Ram
Sata Drives
Centos 5
---
My.Cnf config:
--
Code:
[mysqld]
socket = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
safe-show-database
old-password=1
max_connections=500
interactive_timeout=100
wait_timeout=30
connect_timeout=30
thread_cache_size=8
key_buffer=32M
join_buffer=8M
max_allowed_packet=32M
table_cache=1024
sort_buffer=32M
record_buffer=8M
thread_cache_size=128
max_user_connections=30
thread_concurrency=4
myisam_sort_buffer_size=64M
query_cache_limit=2M
query_cache_size=32M
query_cache_type=1
old-passwords = 1
[safe_mysqld]
err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log
open_files_limit=8192
[mysqldump]
quick
max_allowed_packet=32M
[mysql]
no-auto-rehash
# Remove the next comment character if you are not familiar with SQL
#safe-updates
[isamchk]
key_buffer=64M
sort_buffer=64M
read_buffer=16M
write_bufer=16M
[myisamchk]
key_buffer=64M
sort_buffer=64M
read_buffer=16M
write_buffer=16M
[mysqlhotcopy]
interactive-timeout
----
Top Process,showing in whm and status2k:
--
/usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/ --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --user=mysql --pid-file=/var/lib/mysql/server3.zaxihosting.com.pid --skip-external-locking --socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
How long is a reboot issued through DirectAdmin supposed to take?
My server specs:
CPU: Celeron D 2.66 Ghz
RAM: 512 MB
HD: 80 GB IDE. Swap: 2 GB
OS: CentOS 4.4
Control Panel: DirectAdmin newest version
It has already taken over 21 minutes and the server is still not up or at least not able to serve any pages or anything.
I don't have a problem with Bluehost, but after getting this email tonight I would have thought that it's not that hard to have enough fuel and a big enough generator to last more than five minutes after a power outage. It seems like pretty poor redundancy planning if a major host can't last more then five minutes with no power. Hospitals and other places don't have any problem doing it with similar or bigger power demands.
Dear Bluehost Customer,
This evening (July 14th) from about 5:25pm-6:55pm many of our servers
were offline causing significant downtime for many of our users. The
outage was due to a severe power outage in the north end of Orem, Utah
where our servers are located. We do have UPS backup as well as diesel
generators, but at about 5:30 they finally gave out. The power outage
was for much longer than that period of time, but the reserve power
was eventually consumed in its entirety. When it rains it pours.
For users on box65-box145 there have been periodic problems with the
Redhat linux kernel that we were using that was causing problems with
the filesystem that your data is stored on. This issue has been causing
periodic problems for users on those boxes. In the last few days we have
resolved that issue which also caused those boxes to require a reboot.
The downtime is extremely regretable. We apologize profusely for the
inconvenience to our customers and in turn to those who were trying to visit
your sites during the outage. With the fixes we have put in place in the
last few days coupled with other upgrades you should experience MUCH
better uptime in the future.
Thanks for you patience,
Matt Heaton / President Bluehost.com
My entire experience with Gigenet has been very bad. I will post a 30 day review once I have completed my first and only billing cycle with them. This topic will be solely focused on the way Gigenet handled my server being down for 17 hours and 50 minutes. I have paid Gigenet for 30 days of service, one billing cycle. My account is set to be terminated on the 7th of June.
I pay Gigenet to actively monitor my server. These services are called "NOC Response from Monitoring" and "Host Ping (ICMP) and TCP Service Monitoring". The extra "service" cost $10/mo.
I realized that my server was down after 7 hours of downtime. I sent in a "critical" support ticket at about 3 AM.
Here is a timeline of my support ticket with Gigenet
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME - 05 Jun 2009 03:11 AM
My Server is down. Any reason for the down time?
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME - Posted On: 05 Jun 2009 03:24 AM
Can I at least get a confirmation that this issue is being worked? It's 3:32 AM...I have to work tomorrow morning and would prefer to get some sleep.
Thanks...
* Note: I am not exactly clear why the time stamp and the time mentioned by me in the ticket don't line up.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gigenet - Posted On: 05 Jun 2009 03:24 AM
I'm looking into your issue now, all updates will be posted here.
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME - Posted On: 05 Jun 2009 03:29 AM
I have server monitoring. Can you also explain to me how SEVEN HOURS of down time was over looked by your "server monitoring"?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gigenet - Posted On: 05 Jun 2009 03:37 AM
This server has been marked for cancellation.
I see that the date set was for June 7th and today is the 5th, I will need to speak to a Billing representative before I can re-enable this device. The Billing Department will not be in until 10am, I will leave this ticket open and I will speak to them first chance I get.
* Note my server is still down at this point.
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME - Posted On: 05 Jun 2009 03:44 AM
Yes, because canceling my service two days earlier makes a lot of sense. I paid Gigenet for 30 days, I should get all 30 days. Maybe I'm misunderstanding something?
Please respond so I can get to bed...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gigenet - Posted On: 05 Jun 2009 03:55 AM
I understand your concern, but your server port was administratively shutdown and I was able to find the cancellation ticket. I need to speak with someone from Billing concerning this issue. This looks to be a mistake on our end, but I don't have all the details in front of me. I will attempt to contact my manager and get this straightened out. All further updates will be posted here.
It was nearly 4:00 AM at this point. I had to be at work by 6:30 AM. My server was still down, so I went to bed.
The next day I received this response:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gigenet Posted On: 05 Jun 2009 01:43 PM
Hello,
Your server should be back online until the 7th. We're very sorry for the inconvenience. I've confirmed the server's availability via ping from my workstation. Please let us know if you have problems accessing it and we'll take another look.
At this point in time my server was restored. The total downtime was 17 hours and 50 minutes. I monitor my server with a third-party service called "HyperSpin".
Seeking an answer to explain nearly 18 hours of downtime; I sent this response.
Quote:
Originally Posted by ME - Posted On: 05 Jun 2009 04:14 PM
What is the reason for the downtime? Is 17 hours and 50 minutes of unexplainable downtime something that I should expect from Gigenet?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gigenet -Posted On: 05 Jun 2009 04:22 PM
Hello,
Unfortunately I' not exactly sure what happened. I think the server may have been prematurely canceled, but I'm not totally certain. The server should be back up and I've put in the necessary ticket to make sure it stays on until the 7th, as you requested. We're very sorry for this inconvenience.
So, the best I can get out of Gigenet is that my server may have been shutdown prematurely. I don't understand why Gigenet can not fully explain nearly 18 hours of downtime. No one seems to know exactly what happened...
Do you trust in 10 minutes response time guarantee?
Sharkspace.com guarantee that for their clients.
How do I get a cron job to run every
1 hour 10 mintues, so basicly 10 mins past the hour
Also
1 hour 15 mintues, so basicly 15 mins past the hour
Is it ?
10 * * * * and 15 * * * *
On Cpanel/WHM. I have just moved from a VPS to a dedicated server. I reinstalled munin, so get some stats via that. I used to have apachetop loaded on my VPS for when I wanted a 'near realtime' streaming view of apache access.
I'm wondering what the best solution is to get a good view of apache, like what apachetop did, plus also it would be nice to have a real-time monitor of MySQL activity, HDD activity (such as I/O queues, etc. Something along the lines of the perfmon on Windows servers.
What is my best option?
Also, with Nagios, when I look at the website, it seems there are two options. Load it on a single server and then load the stats via [url]or have the Nagios 'stat collector' on one machine, and have it gathering stats from multiple machines.
If you only install it on a single dedicated server, do you really have to be on the console and connect to the Nagios stats via localhost, rather than connecting remotely?
Ideally, I would like a quick, easy to setup solution, but if it takes some configuring, I can deal with it, as long as there is some documentation. My main goal is to get the real time type monitoring, you get with window's perfmon.
We've had a VPS for just over a month now. I am not going to mention the host by name (yet) but they advertise here and other people here reported liking them.
Sadly it's not my experience and I regret my purchase.
Every morning for the past few weeks, we get load spikes every 30 minutes that make our site unusable for a minute (on our VPS, any load over 1.0 is sluggish, over 2.0 is virtually unusable, over 3 is unresponsive)
Here's a series of days as an example:
[url]
The worst part about this is the host insists 1. either it's not happening or 2. they can't find it
I know it's happening because when I try to load a page on the half-hour, it takes over 13 seconds (less than 1 second normally). And it's fairly obvious it's someone doing a cron job with some nasty downloading, uploading, or maybe a massive mysql update.
Someone tell me what to tell them because this is driving me out of my mind. The load is NOT being caused by ourselves, I've made sure all our cron jobs don't happen on the exact half hour and we get lots of traffic later in the day without loads.
Recently we have launched our new cpanel server, We have some problems on that.
When we restart httpd, all things will be good before 15 min, but after that, speed goes down to 1/10 and after some hours that will get as low as nobody can view pages on the server.
We are using cPanel latest release and CSF on CentOS4.5.
Apache 1.3.7 and PHP4.4.7 is running on the server with Zend.