Subject: Re: top shows unually high cpu usage [was Re: Al's Xserve G4]
To: Allen Briggs <briggs@netbsd.org>
From: DataZap <az@datazap.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 06/26/2007 17:56:55
Hi,

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Allen Briggs wrote:
> > I ran this and it did help. I am now seeing the server about 60 to 70
> > percent idle and 30 to 45 percent interrupt. I googled a bit and really I
> > am not sure if I found the right information, but the only thing that
> > keeps coming up was gem0.
>
> What's the output from 'vmstat -i' when idle and when using the network?

Here is the output:

faith: {33} vmstat -i
interrupt                                     total     rate
cpu0 clock                                 41671360      100
cpu0 soft clock                            17279893       41
cpu0 soft net                              19585889       47
openpic irq 19                                    4        0
openpic irq 27                                   94        0
openpic irq 28                                    1        0
openpic irq 1                           63297381128   151899
openpic irq 41                             32598658       78
gem0 interrupts                            32598659       78
Total                                   63441115686   152244

Thanks,
Al