 top or vmstat
what does
$ vmstat 5
report in terms of CPU usage?
top in kernels 2.6 -> 2.6.9.preRHEL4update2 does not show high CPU using processes whose non-main thread is causing the load. But you can still run top to see if one of the non-JVM processes is sucking all the CPU.
but like KevinH said, what are the symptoms of the slowness? (before we are off diagnosing server health) |