Re: [exim] Is my server Overloaded?

On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 10:46:09AM -0300, ppp2005@??? said:
> Hi all,
>
> I run Exim with Spamassassin and Clamd in my server and apache with
> His configuration is Dual Xeon 2.4 with 1.5 Gb and a 36 Scsi disk, with Slackware 10 (kernel 2.4) and SMP.
>
> The load average is contantly high... anybody can help me?
>
> Below the TOP and VMSTAT from my server in a high load moment.....

It sure looks like you are spending a LOT of time in I/O. While you are
not swapping, adding memory can give you more disk buffers. Most likely,
you are going to need additional disks to spread the I/O over more
disks.