Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 10:08:17 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Dan <dphoenix@bravenet.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pagedaemon + vmdaemon Message-ID: <3B531F81.8C6B4C05@mindspring.com> References: <20010715181123.A29164-100000@gandalf.bravenet.com>
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Dan wrote: > > USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TT STAT STARTED TIME COMMAND > root 2 14.2 0.0 0 0 ?? DL Tue11AM 4:35.33 (pagedaemon) > root 3 12.7 0.0 0 0 ?? DL Tue11AM 1:56.25 (vmdaemon) > > Cpu kept hitting high load averages on machines for about 1 min periods on > some machines on some apache servers. I wrote a script to catch the > offending processes and it seems to be these ones. Ideas on why they would > be taking that much cpu? Generally speaking, it probably means that you are swapping a lot because you are running more programs than you have RAM available to run. If you add RAM, or run fewer programs, this will go away. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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