CentOS Server Management Help

[Jeremy]

512 mb ? Dont see how that can be. The display says 916144 k.

With no swap file the server is going to struggle to work when it gets busy, and either grind to a halt, or just crash.

Its a Media Temple base (dv) with 20 GB space, 512 dedicated RAM, and 1 TB bandwidth.

 

[Paul M]

Maybe 7 years ago

If you have something to add then do so.

 

[Trent Gillespie]

512 MB actually. But the load has gone down to a reasonable level lately. But the set up is a base MT (dv) server -- I have done no set up once-so-ever.

I would consult a sys admin to get a swap partition running. It will help with stability as well as speed.

 

[Floris]

If you have something to add then do so.

I'd like to add: times have changed

 

[Paul M]

Nothing useful to add then. Ok.

 

[Deebs]

When it next jumps to a high load login and run

vmstat 2

leave running for a minute and then paste the output here, I do not believe swap is going to help as you have 1/2 your memory free so it's not constrained. I suspect high file io (waits) causing blocking...