vmstat would show swap hits also, if swap is enabled on the server.<br><br>Dan Kulinski<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Brandon Allhands <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brandon@toolking.com">brandon@toolking.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">You guys might want to take a look at an opcode cache as well, such as php-apc. It's super easy to configure and makes a huge difference on CMS type installs like Drupal, due to the constant class loading they do.<div>
<br></div><div>Do you guys have full shell access? Sounds like you do, since you are talking about top. free -m will show how much actual memory is in use, vs buffers. If a simple page load is causing swap to be hit, that is definitely the source of your slowdown. How much RAM does this server have?</div>
<div><br></div><div>I have been on this list for a while, lurking. You guys have just hit on my forte, which is web application hosting, so I am chiming in :)</div><div><br></div><div>If you guys trust access to a relatively new person on this list, I can send you my public ssh key and poke around. If not, I am more than willing to offer advice.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Brandon</div><div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div>