Description of Problem:

Have moved mrtg program from a Slackware 8.0 Pentium 3 500 Mhz 
machine to a Redhat 7.3 Dual Pentium 3 1.13 Ghz Dell Server. The load average on the machine has 
increased from 16 - 20 on the slackware machine to over 40 on the Redhat machine and keep climbing. 
Have had to reformat the machine now to Slakware due to machine load required fixing. Logged a 
fault with the Web Interface and was told to log a bugzilla instead. I didnt have the time to wait and 
produce the bugzilla log.


Version-Release number of selected component (if 
applicable):

using mrtg 2.9.17 and 2.9.18 and perl 5.6.1 libraries. The Redhat had all 
errate applied on the 21/6/2002 including the 2.4.18-4 kernel for SMP.

How 
Reproducible:

Running 10 x mrtg processes with approx 50 - 60 cfg files and approx 40 targets 
per script. every 5 minutes

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual Results:

Load 
average continues to increase past 50.

Expected Results:

Back on the Slackware SMP 
kernel 2.4.18 the Load average running exactly the same config is between 2 and 4.

Additional 
Information:
	
Cannot reproduce the exact fault at the minute due to machine required for use 
immiediatly. Am hoping this helps others.