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methyl
Were you running a backup?
Anything in cron around that time?
Those are good basic questions.
Realisticly, before making inquiries is would be best to know the applications running on the server.
The poster was asked about monitoring tools, which is a different line of questioning than helping him uncover a problem.
Visualization / monitoring tools are free and work great. Installing one will reap many benefits.