Another symptom : when server become crazy, we see many perl processes :
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
15835 www-data 20 0 384m 47m 2240 R 8,5 1,2 0:48.01 perl
18244 www-data 20 0 435m 61m 1912 R 8,5 1,5 0:36.67 perl
17007 www-data 20 0 451m 69m 2280 R 8,3 1,7 0:41.59 perl
17430 www-data 20 0 447m 70m 2300 R 8,0 1,8 0:38.69 perl
19082 www-data 20 0 152m 57m 832 R 8,0 1,5 0:13.62 perl
19475 www-data 20 0 101m 31m 1852 R 7,8 0,8 0:09.01 perl
19588 www-data 20 0 335m 83m 2460 R 7,2 2,1 0:20.96 perl
19643 www-data 20 0 377m 86m 2432 R 7,2 2,2 0:20.77 perl
19919 www-data 20 0 90184 26m 1784 R 7,2 0,7 0:06.07 perl
20336 www-data 20 0 254m 73m 1896 R 7,2 1,9 0:14.10 perl
20663 www-data 20 0 230m 49m 2372 R 7,2 1,3 0:06.40 perl
21021 www-data 20 0 97004 26m 2372 R 7,2 0,7 0:04.02 perl
21301 www-data 20 0 41152 5872 2068 R 7,2 0,1 0:00.83 perl
20689 www-data 20 0 208m 43m 2372 R 7,0 1,1 0:05.64 perl
20717 www-data 20 0 119m 35m 2372 R 7,0 0,9 0:05.03 perl
20996 www-data 20 0 104m 27m 2368 R 7,0 0,7 0:04.31 perl
21063 www-data 20 0 71896 17m 2356 R 7,0 0,4 0:02.84 perl
21398 naemon 20 0 17264 2644 1580 R 7,0 0,1 0:00.27 snmpget
19770 www-data 20 0 337m 91m 2480 R 6,7 2,3 0:21.66 perl
20341 www-data 20 0 221m 57m 764 R 6,7 1,5 0:09.67 perl
ps -ef gives
www-data 15835 15834 5 14:09 ? 00:00:54 perl -x /usr/bin/thruk -a bpd
www-data 17007 17005 5 14:12 ? 00:00:47 perl -x /usr/bin/thruk -a bpd
www-data 17430 17429 6 14:13 ? 00:00:48 perl -x /usr/bin/thruk -a bpd
www-data 18244 18243 6 14:15 ? 00:00:43 perl -x /usr/bin/thruk -a bpd
www-data 19082 19076 3 14:17 ? 00:00:21 perl -x /usr/bin/thruk -a bpd
root 19133 19097 0 14:17 ? 00:00:03 perl -x /usr/share/naemon/thruk_auth
www-data 19475 19440 3 14:18 ? 00:00:15 perl -x /usr/bin/thruk -a bpd
www-data 19919 19910 2 14:19 ? 00:00:11 perl -x /usr/bin/thruk -a bpd
www-data 20336 20335 6 14:20 ? 00:00:22 perl -x /usr/bin/thruk -a bpd
www-data 20557 20543 2 14:21 ? 00:00:06 perl -x /usr/bin/thruk -a bpd
www-data 20663 19107 5 14:22 ? 00:00:12 perl /usr/share/naemon/script/
thruk_fastcgi.plwww-data 20665 20664 1 14:22 ? 00:00:04 perl -x /usr/bin/thruk -a bpd
www-data 20689 19107 5 14:22 ? 00:00:11 perl /usr/share/naemon/script/
thruk_fastcgi.plwww-data 20717 19107 5 14:22 ? 00:00:11 perl /usr/share/naemon/script/
thruk_fastcgi.plwww-data 20996 19107 4 14:22 ? 00:00:10 perl /usr/share/naemon/script/
thruk_fastcgi.plwww-data 21021 19107 4 14:22 ? 00:00:09 perl /usr/share/naemon/script/
thruk_fastcgi.plwww-data 21057 21052 1 14:23 ? 00:00:03 perl -x /usr/bin/thruk -a bpd
www-data 21063 19107 4 14:23 ? 00:00:08 perl /usr/share/naemon/script/
thruk_fastcgi.plwww-data 21301 19107 6 14:23 ? 00:00:09 perl /usr/share/naemon/script/
thruk_fastcgi.plwww-data 21466 21465 3 14:24 ? 00:00:04 perl -x /usr/bin/thruk -a bpd
www-data 21468 19107 5 14:24 ? 00:00:07 perl /usr/share/naemon/script/
thruk_fastcgi.plwww-data 21715 21702 4 14:25 ? 00:00:02 perl -x /usr/bin/thruk -a bpd