> Does this happen during the metadata parsing? If so, yes, it is quite > resource intensive, especially when you have some large repositories > enabled. There is a C metadata parser that is available from the yum site, > that is much faster and lighter. But it requires yum 2.6.2. > Yes Daniel, it happens especially during the metadata parsing. The trouble is yum is in version 2.4.3. The C metadata parser sounds great. I'll try it in future Yum versions. I'm not a developer but anybody knows that C is great language in terms of performance. ¿Is Yum written totally in Python or I'm wrong?