> > below is the output of top off a machine i have, sorted by CPU > > utilization. > > > > my question is, how can all 8 CPUs say they're pegged at 100% user > > utilization, when there are just these 8 processes saying they're > > using 25% of a CPU each, and no other processes showing up taking any > > resources? i have run this test on other machines and they act as > > expected. i found this b/c this node was running a lot slower for > > some reason, and i can't figure out why. there are no error messages > > anywhere... > > What happens if you stop, say half, of the xhpl processes? > The way they interact, I can't really stop them while they're running, but I can run a configuration where there are only 4 of them running on the node. Would that give you similar information to what you wanted to see, or not be worth it? --Joe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 2827 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090323/af64247c/attachment-0003.bin>