[CentOS] Grow up load average, zombie processes, uninterruptible sleep

Maybe have u zombie processes ?

try:

top -b -n 1 | awk '{if (NR <=7) print; else if ($8 == "D") {print; count++} } END {print "Total status D: "count}'

ps aux | awk '{ print $8 " " $2 }' | grep -w Z

dmesg

find parent zombie proces ( first column )
 

ps -eo ppid,pid,user,stat,pcpu,comm,wchan:32 | grep pidZombieProcess

kill  [-9 -15]  pidParentZombieProcess