CPU Usage Seems High

[osumiam]

Hi Guys,

I recently upgraded to a dedicated server with WHM. But i have recently noticed spike in the CPU usage. I am not sure why is that. Here is the detail of the processes that are running that seem to be using the most CPU.


% CPU ▾ Process
mysql 267 /usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir/usr --datadir/var/lib/mysql --plugin-dir/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin --usermysql --log-error/var/lib/mysql/server1.xxxxxxxxx.com.err --pid-file/var/lib/mysql/server1.xxxxxxxxx.com.pid
mysql 266 /usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir/usr --datadir/var/lib/mysql --plugin-dir/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin --usermysql --log-error/var/lib/mysql/sserver1.xxxxxxxxx.com.err --pid-file/var/lib/mysql/server1.xxxxxxxxxx.com.pid
mysql 264 /usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir/usr --datadir/var/lib/mysql --plugin-dir/usr/lib64/mysql/plugin --usermysql --log-error/var/lib/mysql/server1.xxxxxxxxx.com.err --pid-file/var/lib/mysql/server1.xxxxxxxxxx.com.pid


Server Status is as follow:

System information

Server load 11.57 (8 CPUs)
Memory Used 12.64% (2,060,760 of 16,303,776)
Swap Used 3.36% (276,424 of 8,224,760)



Can you guys figure out whats going on here?


Regards

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

The following thread should be useful to you:

Troubleshooting High Load on Linux Systems

Thank you.

 

[osumiam]

Thanks for the link. I'll check that out but by looking at the processes, any suggestions or comments as to whats seems to be the issue.

 

[cPanelMichael]

You posted MySQL processes. You can get more information on MySQL usage with a command such as:

mysqladmin processlist

There is a section on this in the thread referenced in my last response.

Thank you.

 

[Kailash1]

If mysql is using high CPU, you need to optimize your MySQL settings or there is probability that one of the databases is causing the high usage. Kindly check your running mysql processes.