Hi Reindl H.

This is brilliant, best answer ever. one line says everything. I tested the server by assigning single CPU rather than 4 physical 6 core each.

number became normal. Big thanks

the /0-/23 are NOT processes these are KERNEL-THREADS per logical CPU one of each thread

Am 07.02.2013 11:51, schrieb Prabhpal S. Mavi:

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i have come across the problem where CentOS 6.3 x64 has more than 700 processes running. i am not sure where to start, what in normal or abnormal.

[root@jet]# ps -A PID TTY TIME CMD 1 ? 00:00:03 init 2 ? 00:00:00 kthreadd 3 ? 00:00:00 migration/0 4 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0 5 ? 00:00:00 migration/0 6 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/0 7 ? 00:00:00 migration/1 8 ? 00:00:00 migration/1 9 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/1 10 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/1 11 ? 00:00:00 migration/2 12 ? 00:00:00 migration/2 13 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/2 14 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/2 15 ? 00:00:00 migration/3 16 ? 00:00:00 migration/3 17 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/3 18 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/3 19 ? 00:00:00 migration/4 20 ? 00:00:00 migration/4 21 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/4 22 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/4 23 ? 00:00:00 migration/5 24 ? 00:00:00 migration/5 25 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/5 26 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/5 27 ? 00:00:00 migration/6 28 ? 00:00:00 migration/6 29 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/6 30 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/6 31 ? 00:00:00 migration/7 32 ? 00:00:00 migration/7 33 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/7 34 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/7 35 ? 00:00:00 migration/8 36 ? 00:00:00 migration/8 37 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/8 38 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/8 39 ? 00:00:00 migration/9 40 ? 00:00:00 migration/9 41 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/9 42 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/9 43 ? 00:00:00 migration/10 44 ? 00:00:00 migration/10 45 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/10 46 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/10 47 ? 00:00:00 migration/11 48 ? 00:00:00 migration/11 49 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/11 50 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/11 51 ? 00:00:00 migration/12 52 ? 00:00:00 migration/12 53 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/12 54 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/12 55 ? 00:00:00 migration/13 56 ? 00:00:00 migration/13 57 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/13 58 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/13 59 ? 00:00:00 migration/14 60 ? 00:00:00 migration/14 61 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/14 62 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/14 63 ? 00:00:00 migration/15 64 ? 00:00:00 migration/15 65 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/15 66 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/15 67 ? 00:00:00 migration/16 68 ? 00:00:00 migration/16 69 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/16 70 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/16 71 ? 00:00:00 migration/17 72 ? 00:00:00 migration/17 73 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/17 74 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/17 75 ? 00:00:00 migration/18 76 ? 00:00:00 migration/18 77 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/18 78 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/18 79 ? 00:00:00 migration/19 80 ? 00:00:00 migration/19 81 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/19 82 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/19 83 ? 00:00:00 migration/20 84 ? 00:00:00 migration/20 85 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/20 86 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/20 87 ? 00:00:00 migration/21 88 ? 00:00:00 migration/21 89 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/21 90 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/21 91 ? 00:00:00 migration/22 92 ? 00:00:00 migration/22 93 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/22 94 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/22 95 ? 00:00:00 migration/23 96 ? 00:00:00 migration/23 97 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/23 98 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/23