open a shell, and then do top.

my guess is that mysql is doing some slow queries. or you're being DoS'd
jay Reviewed by jay on . Server Load - [Help] OK, i just bought a server at Ecatel a few days ago and just moved my site over, but apparently, now the Server load is very high which a lowing performance on my sites. The Serverload is now averaging about 6~10 which is not good at all. The server is an Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2200 @ 2.20GHz. Now, im not sure if the server just needs some optimization or the server specs are not good enough for my sites. (Main site gets about 10k Uniques a day) Anyway, any help is Rating: 5