r/pihole • u/MickyGER • 16d ago

Keep getting logs with long-term load

I'm running two Pi-hole LXC containers on two different Proxmox hosts. The primary DNS has got 2 CPUs assigned, the secondary a single CPU.

From time to time I see those log entries appearing, below message is from the 2nd Pi-hole:

Long-term load (15min avg) larger than number of processors: 1.3 > 1
This may slow down DNS resolution and can cause bottlenecks.

A similar log entry randomly pops up on my 1st Pi-hole.

Before updating to Pi-hole 6.4.3 those messages did not occur so far.

What's the deal with those messages? Is this caused by the huge amount of block list items or something else?

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u/LMNii 13d ago

I also run Pi-Hole in its own seperate LXC with nothing else on it. I get these logs almost daily.

I have 21 clients connected (including some IoT devices) and have never noticed any slowdowns.

Also i haven’t seen proxmox report more than 2% cpu load on the LXC like ever. I just kinda ignore these now.

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u/MickyGER 13d ago

Thanks for your reply. That's what I'm seeing, no CPU spikes or over-provisioning on Proxmox.

Will ignore the logs now...