> When this problem strikes, it's usually going downhill. > Presently my host has a load average of 10 [...] Much to my surprise, this time the problem did actually resolve itself, and I'm back to ~normal: 5:44PM up 5 days, 4:53, 22 users, load averages: 0.36, 0.35, 0.33 Regards, - Håvard