Weird high load on server

[Drew from Zhrodague]

>>>>> 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.



>>> I've looked at these but can't see anything. The server doesn't mount
>>> or export any filesystems using nfs or any other protocol. If it helps
>>> here are the various outputs:
>>>
>>>  uptime
>>>  14:45:49  up 62 days, 43 min,  2 users,  load average: 1.46, 1.57, 1.59

>>> Anyone have any ideas. Literally the box is sitting there not doing
>>> anything that has been scheduled.
>>>
>>> This happens occassionally then the load spontaneously goes down. Do
>>> you reckon it has something to do with the raid 5?
>>
>> ps auxw | grep " D "
>>
> Hi,
>
> I get the following:
>
> ps auxw | grep " D "
> root     15802  0.0  0.1  3688  660 pts/0    S    16:06   0:00 grep  D


 	Run top, and take a look!

 	Also, cat /proc/mdstat - if you're rebuilding your RAID, it can 
suck away CPU cycles.


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