internet slowdown

[Bill Moran]

In response to Jonathan Chen <jonc at chen.org.nz>:

> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:05:14PM -0700, prad wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:23:32 -0400
> > Bill Moran <wmoran at potentialtech.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Is the console responsive when this happens?
> > >
> > when it bogs it takes ages to even ssh into the server.
> 
> You do realise that this particular symptom usually points to reverse-lookup
> errors. I would examine your DNS server logs.

It could be, but it depends.  I've also seen this problem as a result
of high load and sshd taking a long time to spawn a child process
because of the load.

Prad, once you _are_ logged in, is the server responsive?  Or does the
sluggishness persist?

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Bill Moran
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