High Server Load

[keeptouch]

Hi there guys, i have just experience high loads on my dedicated server. it usually hits 0.8-1.0+ i have installed Inferno vBShout Lite, it went to 2-4 average. But this morning i check the server load it went up to 20+!!!

I have tried to reboot the whole server but the load is still that high, i checked the http log file and found this

[Thu Apr 17 10:14:04 2008] [error] [client 203.125.136.190] request failed: error reading the headers
[Thu Apr 17 14:14:34 2008] [error] [client 216.228.25.187] File does not exist: /home/admin/domains/sharedip/400.shtml
[Thu Apr 17 14:14:34 2008] [error] [client 216.228.25.187] File does not exist: /var/www/html/400.shtml
[Thu Apr 17 14:14:34 2008] [error] [client 216.228.25.187] File does not exist: /home/admin/domains/sharedip/400.shtml
[Thu Apr 17 16:11:56 2008] [error] server reached MaxClients setting, consider raising the MaxClients setting
sh: /usr/bin/jhead: No such file or directory
sh: /usr/bin/jhead: No such file or directory
sh: /usr/bin/jhead: No such file or directory
[Thu Apr 17 22:43:31 2008] [error] [client 210.24.212.7] request failed: error reading the headers

please advice!! the ip addresses are foreign to me

[Steve Machol]

Please see this thread for help with optimizing your server:

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=70117

Then post the requested info in a new thread in that forum.

Also please note that we do this as a courtesy but optimizing servers is not really a part of vBulletin support.

[keeptouch]

the ips are of foreign origins

[Steve Machol]

That is something you need to contact your host about. It's not a vB issue.