Exim load the server.

[rvbalraj]

Hi All,

Exim load very high in server. Please let me know how to resolve this issue.

top - 23:50:54 up 21:50, 1 user, load average: 108.94, 87.01, 75.87
Tasks: 506 total, 1 running, 499 sleeping, 6 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 4.1% us, 14.9% sy, 0.0% ni, 60.6% id, 20.4% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si
Mem: 2073528k total, 1647624k used, 425904k free, 344636k buffers
Swap: 2048276k total, 42876k used, 2005400k free, 377212k cached

PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
1735 myspace 18 0 8364 4104 2900 D 1 0.2 0:15.05 exim
1768 myspace 18 0 10352 4088 2900 D 1 0.2 0:14.93 exim
1855 myspace 18 0 9560 4104 2900 D 1 0.2 0:14.46 exim
1912 myspace 18 0 8804 4096 2900 D 1 0.2 0:10.97 exim
1923 myspace 18 0 8476 4096 2900 D 1 0.2 0:11.05 exim
1942 myspace 18 0 9108 4092 2900 D 1 0.2 0:10.88 exim
1987 myspace 18 0 8940 4100 2904 D 1 0.2 0:10.67 exim
1992 myspace 18 0 9076 4108 2904 D 1 0.2 0:10.71 exim
2006 myspace 18 0 9796 4124 2900 D 1 0.2 0:10.69 exim
2103 myspace 18 0 9952 4100 2904 D 1 0.2 0:10.70 exim
2125 myspace 18 0 8672 4096 2900 D 1 0.2 0:10.67 exim
2169 myspace 18 0 9636 4124 2900 D 1 0.2 0:06.39 exim
2315 myspace 18 0 8912 4116 2900 D 1 0.2 0:06.30 exim
2324 myspace 18 0 8516 4156 2928 D 1 0.2 0:06.26 exim
2329 myspace 18 0 8588 4104 2900 D 1 0.2 0:06.28 exim
2354 myspace 18 0 9904 4088 2900 D 1 0.2 0:06.18 exim
2444 myspace 18 0 8972 4116 2900 D 1 0.2 0:03.21 exim
2446 myspace 18 0 10192 4092 2900 D 1 0.2 0:03.17 exim
2559 myspace 18 0 9464 4100 2900 D 1 0.2 0:03.01 exim
2640 myspace 18 0 9240 4096 2900 D 1 0.2 0:02.87 exim
2721 myspace 18 0 9540 4104 2904 D 1 0.2 0:02.86 exim
2761 myspace 18 0 8636 4096 2904 D 1 0.2 0:02.78 exim

Thanks and Regards,
Balraj.R.V

[AndyReed]

Exim load very high in server. Please let me know how to resolve this issue.

top - 23:50:54 up 21:50, 1 user, load average: 108.94, 87.01, 75.87

PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
1735 myspace 18 0 8364 4104 2900 D 1 0.2 0:15.05 exim

It is possible that the account "myspace", if exists on your server, is either having a bad script sending out spam, or having huge mailing list, or the client him/herself sending out spam.

[biante]

I am having the same issue sending our newsletter. Has only happened since upgrading to cpanel/whm V11 and exim.

Happens only when we try and send out newsletter out to 21,000+ members

10:41:59 up 9:33, 3 users, load average: 206.22, 262.10, 356.29


have had per minute loads of 900