AFAIK the OP said the the load was high despite the VPS not running the services (apache...)
That leaves the system processes that are installed by default by the service provider.
From the process list I saw, there seem to be nothing unusual apart from the number of sleep 3 processes, but I assume they are related to sim.
_IF_ the OP has not installed anything else on the server, there is no reason why the load shoulg be high.
Typically you see high loads on virtual servers due to the host OS having problems with memory usage and needing to swap a lot. This causes a lot of I/O waits which increase the load significantly without the CPU being used.
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High Load But Low Cpu And Ram Useage
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Posted · Edited by Nagatus
Ok give me a break, I know this if first post.
AFAIK the OP said the the load was high despite the VPS not running the services (apache...)
That leaves the system processes that are installed by default by the service provider.
From the process list I saw, there seem to be nothing unusual apart from the number of sleep 3 processes, but I assume they are related to sim.
_IF_ the OP has not installed anything else on the server, there is no reason why the load shoulg be high.
Typically you see high loads on virtual servers due to the host OS having problems with memory usage and needing to swap a lot. This causes a lot of I/O waits which increase the load significantly without the CPU being used.
HTH