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Date:      Sun, 25 Aug 2002 17:22:38 -0500
From:      "Robert Covell" <rcovell@rolet.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Incorrect Uptime
Message-ID:  <003701c24c85$ee9fb300$6401a8c0@kc.rr.com>

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We have a mail server running FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE.  Every so often, =
say once a month, uptime says the server is running at 100% for 1, 5, =
and 15 displays.  But when I go into top the system is 100% idle (or =
very close to it).  The only way I have found to fix it is to reboot the =
box.  I have found out that if uptime return 1.00 for the one minute it =
means the cpu is at 0% utilization.  If it say 1.01 it is at 1% =
utilization.  Anyone have an idea of why this would be happening?  We =
use uptime to monitor the performance on the server, and cannot =
determine why this would be happening when it is really not at 100%.

-Bob

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