Number of threads crossed 2000

Top command shows 2210 sleeping process not sure whether i should be concerned
top - 09:50:25 up 50 days, 28 min, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.15, 0.15
Tasks: 2211 total, 1 running, 2210 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie

what are those process ?

you can get a list with

ps -e f

that is f not -f ( <dash>f )

it is going to be a big list, so pipe it to more/less

ps -e f | less

or put in a file

ps -e f > process_list.txt

i see all sshd process

21656 ? Ss 0:00 \_ sshd: xxx[priv]
21670 ? S 0:00 | \_ sshd: xxx@notty
21671 ? Ss 0:00 | \_ sshd: xxx@internal-xftp

is that not something you would expect?

I am new to linux administration i am not sure

it would be a good idea if you described what the purpose of this gnu/linux install is

is it some kind of server?

It is ftp server

is it busy?

Not really but sometimes i do get memory 100% alert


total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 2003 1455 547 0 31 93
-/+ buffers/cache: 1330 673
Swap: 1023 983 40


top - 11:41:09 up 50 days, 2:19, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.04, 0.08
Tasks: 2224 total, 1 running, 2223 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.7%us, 0.7%sy, 0.0%ni, 98.7%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st