apache stuck?

[DigiCrime]

General top Info

16:19:04 up 7 days, 7:22, 1 user, load average: 0.16, 0.22, 0.28
92 processes: 89 sleeping, 2 running, 1 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU states: 16.7% user 3.1% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 80.0% idle
Mem: 505716k av, 459408k used, 46308k free, 0k shrd, 5584k buff
284852k actv, 68884k in_d, 11800k in_c
Swap: 1052248k av, 199760k used, 852488k free 251140k cached

PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME CPU COMMAND
2427 root 15 0 1932 152 84 S 17.3 0.0 140:31 0 httpd
2275 root 15 0 376 220 136 S 0.1 0.0 0:01 0 sshd
27373 root 15 0 1212 1212 868 R 0.1 0.2 0:00 0 top
1 root 15 0 112 80 56 S 0.0 0.0 0:07 0 init
2 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:01 0 keventd
3 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 kapmd
4 root 34 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:02 0 ksoftirqd_CPU0
9 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 bdflush
5 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 2:12 0 kswapd
6 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 kscand/DMA
7 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 12:54 0 kscand/Normal
8 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 kscand/HighMem
10 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:03 0 kupdated
11 root 23 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mdrecoveryd
70 root 25 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 khubd
1802 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 1:28 0 kjournald
2037 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 eth0
2183 root 15 0 232 200 152 S 0.0 0.0 0:04 0 syslogd
2187 root 15 0 56 4 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 klogd
2265 nobody 15 0 732 288 144 S 0.0 0.0 0:01 0 proftpd
2289 root 15 0 424 356 280 S 0.0 0.0 0:01 0 xinetd
2307 root 20 0 2796 1764 780 S 0.0 0.3 1:09 0 chkservd
2357 mailnull 15 0 536 272 192 S 0.0 0.0 0:06 0 exim
2361 mailnull 15 0 340 4 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 exim
2367 root 15 0 840 704 480 S 0.0 0.1 0:02 0 antirelayd
2417 root 18 0 20004 4 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01 0 spamd
2449 root 15 0 164 140 88 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 crond
2505 named 25 0 3064 2728 880 S 0.0 0.5 1:38 0 named
2517 xfs 15 0 1836 60 32 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 xfs
2631 root 16 0 23748 16M 1432 S 0.0 3.2 0:39 0 spamd
2632 root 16 0 24684 16M 1252 S 0.0 3.2 0:38 0 spamd
2633 root 16 0 24088 10M 1260 S 0.0 2.1 0:38 0 spamd
2634 root 16 0 23532 15M 1432 S 0.0 3.2 0:35 0 spamd
2635 root 16 0 23880 16M 1408 S 0.0 3.2 0:36 0 spamd
2790 root 25 0 156 4 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 mysqld_safe
2806 root 15 0 108 100 52 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 rhnsd
2847 mysql 15 0 22184 13M 1344 S 0.0 2.7 2:59 0 mysqld
2848 root 15 0 96 4 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 portsentry


Top sorted by time
16:19:55 up 7 days, 7:23, 1 user, load average: 0.17, 0.21, 0.27
89 processes: 87 sleeping, 1 running, 1 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU states: 14.9% user 0.7% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 84.2% idle
Mem: 505716k av, 456048k used, 49668k free, 0k shrd, 5588k buff
281836k actv, 68924k in_d, 11796k in_c
Swap: 1052248k av, 199760k used, 852488k free 251192k cached

PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME CPU COMMAND
2427 root 15 0 1932 152 84 S 13.7 0.0 140:36 0 httpd
7 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 12:54 0 kscand/Normal
2847 mysql 15 0 22184 13M 1344 S 0.3 2.7 2:59 0 mysqld
5 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 2:12 0 kswapd
2505 named 25 0 3064 2728 880 S 0.0 0.5 1:38 0 named
1802 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 1:28 0 kjournald
2307 root 20 0 2796 1764 780 S 0.0 0.3 1:09 0 chkservd
2631 root 16 0 23748 16M 1432 S 0.0 3.2 0:39 0 spamd
2633 root 16 0 24088 10M 1260 S 0.0 2.1 0:38 0 spamd
2632 root 16 0 24684 16M 1252 S 0.0 3.2 0:38 0 spamd
2635 root 16 0 23880 16M 1408 S 0.0 3.2 0:36 0 spamd
2634 root 16 0 23532 15M 1432 S 0.0 3.2 0:35 0 spamd
30306 root 34 19 10112 8524 1120 S N 0.0 1.6 0:17 0 cpanellogd
1 root 15 0 112 80 56 S 0.0 0.0 0:07 0 init
2357 mailnull 15 0 536 272 192 S 0.0 0.0 0:06 0 exim
2183 root 15 0 232 200 152 S 0.0 0.0 0:04 0 syslogd
10 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:03 0 kupdated
2367 root 15 0 840 704 480 S 0.0 0.1 0:02 0 antirelayd
4 root 34 19 0 0 0 SWN 0.0 0.0 0:02 0 ksoftirqd_CPU0
2275 root 15 0 376 220 136 S 0.0 0.0 0:01 0 sshd
2289 root 15 0 424 356 280 S 0.0 0.0 0:01 0 xinetd
2 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:01 0 keventd
2265 nobody 15 0 732 288 144 S 0.0 0.0 0:01 0 proftpd
30317 mailnull 15 0 3336 1072 580 S 0.0 0.2 0:01 0 eximstats
2417 root 18 0 20004 4 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01 0 spamd
30325 mailman 15 0 3064 1144 268 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 0 python2
30328 mailman 15 0 3064 1144 248 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 0 python2
30324 mailman 15 0 3036 1112 248 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 0 python2
30329 mailman 15 0 3132 1196 268 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 0 python2
30326 mailman 15 0 3036 984 248 S 0.0 0.1 0:00 0 python2
30327 mailman 15 0 3032 1120 248 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 0 python2
30330 mailman 15 0 3024 1004 248 S 0.0 0.1 0:00 0 python2
3 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 kapmd
29231 root 15 0 3560 1440 340 S 0.0 0.2 0:00 0 cpsrvd
2449 root 15 0 164 140 88 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 crond
30311 root 15 0 2892 744 336 S 0.0 0.1 0:00 0 cppop
30331 mailman 15 0 3028 716 248 S 0.0 0.1 0:00 0 python2
6 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 kscand/DMA
28730 root 15 0 0 0 0 Z 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 upcp <defunct>
2517 xfs 15 0 1836 60 32 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 xfs
28729 root 15 0 80 4 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 crond
2361 mailnull 15 0 340 4 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00 0 exim


Really doesnt look like anything is wrong but why is this stuck?
2427 root 15 0 1932 152 84 S 17.3 0.0 140:31 0 httpd

Restart apache

2427 root 15 0 6048 5848 4200 S 47.2 1.1 0:13 0 httpd


Its fine but after a few hours it goes back to the way it was before

[hicom]

My recommendation upgrade your server RAM. You're using 199MB of SWAP file, serious performance problems and possibly why your apache not working right

[DigiCrime]

k I guess I could ask what would cause it, servers been in use for over a year in a half, only in the past couple of months has this started, no changes to the server have been made other then general maintenance required to keep it up2date. Is it just showing its age ?