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Subject: Re: TOP shows above 100% WCPU usage
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Dan Nelson wrote:
>> How can mysql use 160%? Is this a reporting bug in top because mysql is 
>> threaded?
>>     
>
> You have multiple CPUs, so a threaded process can theoretically reach
> 100*ncpus cpu usage.
>
>   

Ahh, thats makes sense, thanks.