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My Server Specs: - Centos 4.8 32 bit - Cpanel / WHM - suPHP enabled on PHP 5.3x - MySQL 5x

I need someone to please show me various ways to trace what is causing server load spikes.

Sometimes I see so many "nobody" users running httpd processes, but I dont' know how to determine what user(s) it might be, even though suPHP is enabled.

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Can you tell us more about the symptoms? How high are the spikes, and how long do they last? – Matt Simmons Apr 21 '10 at 12:05
Sometimes over 100 CPU, lasts probably 15+ minutes – Clear.Cache Apr 21 '10 at 12:09
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