w3wp.exe hogging CPU

[Dabase]

Hi,

We have a web application (ASP), that is hosted on a server with the following specifications:

Windows Server 2003 - Web Edition
IIS version 6.0

CPU: Celeron 2.0GHz, 512MB RAM
Database (residing on the same server): SQL Server 2000 with SP3a

At certain times during the day, the web site slows down significantly and when checking Task Manager on the server, the CPU is almost flat-lining at 100% with the w3wp.exe consuming the majority of CPU.

Currently, only this application resides on this server, and I am surprised that it is struggling to handle the application.

Is there anything that I do to resolve this issue?

Any suggestions would be highly appreciated

Thanks
Dabase

 

[ChrisHirst]

don't run a webserver and SQL Server on a celeron

Chris.

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