Weird high load on server

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> Hi Guys,
>
> Hope you experts can help me out here.
>
> Basically I have server running at a very high load 2.44, although
> nothing is noticably high when using top. There aren't any processes
> running on the box except the standard linux OS tools. This box is
> used for backup, and only becomes active during the night.
>
> Its a compaq dl380 with a raid 5 configuration.
>
> Can anyone suggest what I can do to find out why the load is high?
>
> Thanks for your help in advance.
>
> Dan
>

I bet you have hanging nfs mounts.
If the box is constantly at a load of around 2.44, and isn't sluggish, I
wouldn't worry.

Look at iostat, sar, etc. to find out why the load is like that.