I am trying to understand something, as I have never encountered this before. I have a VPS from a low-end provider (OpenVZ, in this case). Yesterday, I got an email alert from lfd (I have CSF installed on the VPS). It read as follows:
Time: Sun Mar 23 20:11:01 2014 -0400
1 Min Load Avg: 20.17
5 Min Load Avg: 7.79
15 Min Load Avg: 2.99
Running/Total Processes: 2/91
I checked, and the VPS had been restarted, per the provider's policy, I suspect. The weird thing is that the only thing on the server was my Virtualmin install (with associated services, of course) and CSF. If I am evaluating a host, I like to check uptime, how well the host communicates to its customers and performance before hosting anything there. So, I try to keep things minimal while I am checking them out.
So, my question is, could abuse by someone else or a crowded setup be responsible for what I saw? While my suspicions say yes, I can honestly say that this is a first for me in my many years as a VPS consumer. Have I just been lucky all this time or should I be looking at my own setup?