On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, rainer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> Steve Barnes wrote: > > [...] > >> Or maybe having that core root tree on separate HDD and separate HDD >> controller. >> > > > Unfortunately, all this does not matter at all. > The problem is: sshd is swapped out and the system needs to swap-out > something else first, before it can take sshd back in. Reduce your chances of it being kicked out into swap as a result of i/o: sysctl -q vm.swappiness=0 If that improves things, add an appropriate line into sysctl.conf. jh _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos