xenforo using multiple processes

[Rho Delta]

Time: Mon Nov 7 21:07:11 2011 -0600
Account: mike
Process Count: 11 (Not killed)

Process Information:

User:mike PID:21986 Run Time:2(secs) Memory:33016(kb) exe:/usr/bin/php cmd:/usr/bin/php /home/mike/public_html/index.php
User:mike PID:21995 Run Time:2(secs) Memory:32196(kb) exe:/usr/bin/php cmd:/usr/bin/php /home/mike/public_html/index.php
User:mike PID:22012 Run Time:1(secs) Memory:30892(kb) exe:/usr/bin/php cmd:/usr/bin/php /home/mike/public_html/index.php
User:mike PID:22019 Run Time:1(secs) Memory:30376(kb) exe:/usr/bin/php cmd:/usr/bin/php /home/mike/public_html/index.php
User:mike PID:22021 Run Time:1(secs) Memory:30120(kb) exe:/usr/bin/php cmd:/usr/bin/php /home/mike/public_html/index.php
User:mike PID:22031 Run Time:1(secs) Memory:29812(kb) exe:/usr/bin/php cmd:/usr/bin/php /home/mike/public_html/index.php
User:mike PID:22035 Run Time:1(secs) Memory:29808(kb) exe:/usr/bin/php cmd:/usr/bin/php /home/mike/public_html/index.php
User:mike PID:22044 Run Time:1(secs) Memory:28976(kb) exe:/usr/bin/php cmd:/usr/bin/php /home/mike/public_html/index.php
User:mike PID:22053 Run Time:0(secs) Memory:27948(kb) exe:/usr/bin/php cmd:/usr/bin/php /home/mike/public_html/index.php
User:mike PID:22054 Run Time:0(secs) Memory:27180(kb) exe:/usr/bin/php cmd:/usr/bin/php /home/mike/public_html/index.php
User:mike PID:22099 Run Time:0(secs) Memory:26400(kb) exe:/usr/bin/php cmd:/usr/bin/php /home/mike/public_html/index.php

I'm not sure what else to do. The user 'mike' keeps using up multiple processes using up to %20 CPU at times.

Just got this from my host... it doesn't always happen but sometimes it does. This is for www.oldrow.net

 

[Jake Bunce]

It sounds like your host is complaining that your site is using too many resources. Is this a shared server? Your forum has a lot of activity for a shared server (78 users currently online). You might need to upgrade to a better server.

 

[Rho Delta]

It is a dedicated host my friend runs. I might have to suck it up and go to a more expensive server but I have no idea where to look.

 

[EasyTarget]

It is a dedicated host my friend runs. I might have to suck it up and go to a more expensive server but I have no idea where to look.

Are you sure "Mike" is a real user and not a bot, slamming your captcha?

 

[Floris]

If it is a dedicated server this certainly isn't a problem.
If your "friend" hosts you and is complaining that your site doesn't suck and is getting activity.
He's simply not the right host.

Get hosted properly. It's worth the money.
Perhaps you will also get a better configuration so these potential issues don't happen -
though having apache run multiple processes isn't strange at all.