[ale] load issue

[Jim Popovitch]

David Corbin wrote:
> I have box that is getting "loads" in the 4-5 range, but when I run top, it's 
> 97.5% idle, and there are not 5 jobs that list a %CPU > 0.0.

1m LA is not a problem, a four or five 5m LA is something to look into. 
  If you leave top running does it fluctuate up and down?

> When I login to the box, it's very responsive.  But, when I ssh to it, I never 
> get any response.  It doesn't fail, just hangs.

Could be related to the system doing a PTR lookup on the connecting IP. 
  Does the ssh session ever connect?  What about firewall(s)/iptables in 
between you and the host?

-Jim P.