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Monitoring of Processes
Information on the Top 20 Processes
| User | PID | %CPU | %MEM | VSZ | RSS | TTY | STAT | Start | Time | Command |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nobody | 23296 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ? | Z | 20:55 | 0:06 | httpd |
| nobody | 24419 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 38248 | 29888 | ? | S | 20:58 | 0:01 | httpd |
| nobody | 24712 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 23328 | 14980 | ? | S | 20:59 | 0:00 | httpd |
| nobody | 25047 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 18808 | 10084 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | httpd |
| nobody | 24431 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 21492 | 11128 | ? | S | 20:58 | 0:00 | httpd |
| nobody | 25124 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2728 | 808 | ? | R | 21:00 | 0:00 | ps |
| nobody | 25067 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18792 | 10116 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | httpd |
| nobody | 25046 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18800 | 10100 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | httpd |
| nobody | 25044 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18792 | 10076 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | httpd |
| nobody | 25030 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18792 | 10056 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | httpd |
| nobody | 25029 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18792 | 10056 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | httpd |
| nobody | 25022 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18792 | 10056 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | httpd |
| nobody | 25008 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18792 | 10260 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | httpd |
| nobody | 25007 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 19072 | 10672 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | httpd |
| nobody | 25006 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18820 | 10160 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | httpd |
| nobody | 24996 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18792 | 10240 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | httpd |
| nobody | 24995 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18800 | 10244 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | httpd |
| nobody | 24988 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18772 | 10020 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | httpd |
| nobody | 24964 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18792 | 10056 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | httpd |
| nobody | 24963 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18792 | 10056 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | httpd |
Information on All Processes
| User | PID | %CPU | %MEM | VSZ | RSS | TTY | STAT | Start | Time | Command |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nobody | 16423 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18832 | 10164 | ? | S | 20:45 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 17795 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 23424 | 15204 | ? | S | 20:46 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 23058 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 19088 | 10760 | ? | S | 20:54 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 23059 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18808 | 10292 | ? | S | 20:54 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 23296 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ? | Z | 20:55 | 0:06 | [httpd] |
| nobody | 23300 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18808 | 10112 | ? | S | 20:55 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 23389 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 19096 | 10744 | ? | S | 20:55 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 23401 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18804 | 10116 | ? | S | 20:55 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 23606 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 19284 | 10984 | ? | S | 20:56 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 23655 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18904 | 10268 | ? | S | 20:56 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 23657 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 19320 | 10972 | ? | S | 20:56 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 23662 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18812 | 10116 | ? | S | 20:56 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 23731 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18812 | 10116 | ? | S | 20:56 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 23744 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18792 | 10104 | ? | S | 20:56 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 23778 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 21648 | 11348 | ? | S | 20:57 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 23906 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18808 | 10100 | ? | S | 20:57 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24291 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 21452 | 11116 | ? | S | 20:57 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24370 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 19012 | 10368 | ? | S | 20:58 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24407 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18808 | 10096 | ? | S | 20:58 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24414 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 19284 | 10884 | ? | S | 20:58 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24417 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18800 | 10256 | ? | S | 20:58 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24419 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 38248 | 29888 | ? | S | 20:58 | 0:01 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24431 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 21492 | 11128 | ? | S | 20:58 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24503 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18800 | 10252 | ? | S | 20:58 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24708 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18800 | 10232 | ? | S | 20:59 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24712 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 23328 | 14980 | ? | S | 20:59 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24714 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18808 | 10092 | ? | S | 20:59 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24715 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18780 | 10096 | ? | S | 20:59 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24753 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18808 | 10092 | ? | S | 20:59 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24759 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18808 | 10256 | ? | S | 20:59 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24768 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18808 | 10108 | ? | S | 20:59 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24889 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18800 | 10080 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24895 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18792 | 10056 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24960 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 19256 | 10896 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24963 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18792 | 10056 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24964 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18792 | 10056 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24988 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18772 | 10020 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24995 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18800 | 10244 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 24996 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18792 | 10240 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 25006 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18820 | 10160 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 25007 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 19072 | 10672 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 25008 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18792 | 10260 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 25022 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18792 | 10056 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 25029 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18792 | 10056 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 25030 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18792 | 10056 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 25044 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18792 | 10076 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 25046 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18800 | 10100 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 25047 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 18808 | 10084 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 25067 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 18792 | 10116 | ? | S | 21:00 | 0:00 | /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -k start |
| nobody | 25125 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2728 | 808 | ? | R | 21:00 | 0:00 | ps auxw |
A process is a program that is currently active in the system, although it may not be executing any instructions at the time this snapshot was taken and stored. Many of the processes you will see in this list will be programs waiting to be passed something to do by the operating system. If this is the case, you will find the "%CPU" column for that process to be zero. If the "%mem" column is also blank, it means that the memory pages associated with that process have been paged out to the swap drive in order to free up the system memory for other tasks.
Most of the information on this page is really intended for operating-system-savvy technicians to evaluate the load on the system, perhaps in concert with the technical support people at the hosting service company.
Information on the Top 20 Processes
The top 20 processes running on the server system, in order of their use of the CPU, are listed in the first table. Ideally, most of the processes running on your server system are those required to host your website. In almost all cases, these will be listed under the command (last column) of "httpd", which is the name of the Apache web server that the majority of web hosting services use.
It is also desirable that your web server (httpd) has been started under the user id (first column) of "nobody" or possibly "apache". If you see that your server is running as your user id on the system, then there are potential security issues that could arise as a result. Note that you will not be able to tell which process is actually handling your web site (unless it was started with your user id), but it is likely that all the server processes were started using the same user id.
Information on All Processes
The second table presents a list of all of the processes running on the system. If you see a lot of processes that are not listed in the last column as "httpd", then your hosting server is being used for things other than serving up web pages. This could impact the response your users see when they are using your site.
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