APF is it worth it ?

[joshbro90]

i noticed that APF uses alot of cpu a thrid of my vps i belive but i am wrong proberly.

here is what i see each day

Top Process %CPU 15.0 /bin/bash /etc/init.d/apf stop
Top Process %CPU 11.0 /bin/bash /etc/init.d/apf stop
Top Process %CPU 9.0 /bin/bash /etc/init.d/apf stop


so that equals 35% of cpu (if im correct)

so firstly is those above figures correct ? and secoundly is it worth having APF or am i better of without it ?

i notice at around 4 - 6pm my server suffers a slowage (in server status cpu is 3.80 - 4.XX ) and i generally see nothing else that is resource mad in the stats. i also am getting acutal perfomance diffrence.

root 1.95 0.61 2.0
Top Process %CPU 15.0 /bin/bash /etc/init.d/apf stop
Top Process %CPU 11.0 /bin/bash /etc/init.d/apf stop
Top Process %CPU 9.0 /bin/bash /etc/init.d/apf stop
mailnull 0.10 0.00 0.0
Top Process %CPU 0.1 MailScanner: waiting for messages
Top Process %CPU 8.0 /usr/bin/php index.php
Top Process %CPU 2.1 /usr/bin/php index.php
Top Process %CPU 0.9 /usr/bin/php index.php
nobody 0.02 0.00 0.0
Top Process %CPU 2.0 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/pyzor check
Top Process %CPU 0.7 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/pyzor check
mailman 0.01 0.00 0.0
Top Process %CPU 1.0 /usr/bin/python -S /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/cron/senddigests
Top Process %CPU 0.5 /usr/bin/python -S /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/cron/disabled
Top Process %CPU 0.1 /usr/bin/python -S /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/cron/checkdbs
Top Process %CPU 0.6 cpaneld - serving 86.31.94.185
Top Process %CPU 0.1 /usr/bin/php index.php

this was all took from when i get this slowness is it my wend ? do i need to upgrade ?

thanks