System load is very high because of MailScanner

[Steen, Glenn]

BG Mahesh wrote:
> Few have responded that it is ok to have a high load average.
> However, if I can tune it well and good. hence I am still responding
> to few emails.  
> 
(snipped stats that show a somewhat high load... But the sar and vmstat
show nothing special)
> 
> 
> --
> B.G. Mahesh
> bg.mahesh at indiainfo.com
> http://www.indiainfo.com/

Count the processes in state D (non-interruptible wait state). I'm
sure you'll see that it is this that is "artificially pushing the load
upward" (each will add 1 to the load average).

Unless you see large MS batches (in the maillog), your system seems to
be chugging along nicely.

-- Glenn

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