[vox-tech] System Slow down

[Alex Mandel]

Richard Crawford wrote:
> Every now and then my FC3 server gets bogged down with heavy disk usage, to 
> the point where the system is unusable and I have to reboot.  I've tried 
> 
> # tail -f /var/log/messages
> 
> but nothing comes up when this happens.  Also, nothing unusual crops up when I 
> examine dmesg; the system just bogs down heavily for no obvious reason.
> 
> I'm not sure what I could be checking for.  I've run chkrootkit, and nothing 
> suspicious showed up there.  My "messages" logs showed nothing unusual, but 
> if the system had been cracked, of course, whoever did it may have been smart 
> enough to cover their tracks that way.
> 
> Can anyone offer any suggestions or advice?
> 
When it starts to get boggy what shows up with Top?
Alex