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On 2/15/07, Alan McKinnon <alan@××××××××××××××××.za> wrote: |
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> On Wednesday 14 February 2007, brullo nulla wrote: |
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> > > Most likely you only looked at user cpu % and neglected to list the |
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> > > system and niced times as well. |
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> > > p.s. golden rule: ps lies. top lies. free lies. |
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> > > Don't believe the readings they give, rather interpret them in |
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> > > context. |
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> > sob. it's not the first time I hear this. What should I believe to |
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> > really know my system state? |
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> You should use ps, top and free of course! Just realize that they lie... |
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Seeing this thread reminded me of a blog article I saw on Virtual |
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Threads a while back... |
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http://virtualthreads.blogspot.com/2006/02/understanding-memory-usage-on-linux.html |
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He does a pretty good job of explaining where top gets its numbers and |
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how to properly interpret them. HTH |
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-mike |
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Michael E. Crute |
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http://mike.crute.org |
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God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. |
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Right now I am so far behind that I will never die. --Bill Watterson |
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