Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:33:20 -0800 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: deciphering top(1) output Message-ID: <2F104DA0-9420-4E7A-9023-A7C6AC5EC173@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20110212002129.GA95360@freebsd.org> References: <20110212002129.GA95360@freebsd.org>
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On Feb 11, 2011, at 4:21 PM, Alexander Best wrote: > a) my system is 100% idle, since no processes except the idle process takes up > up CPU time or > b) that a or some processes take up 2% CPU time which aren't being shown or > c) that each of my cpu core is only 86.6/89.4% idle? It means (c). Kernel activity, short-lived transient processes, and imperfections in sampling data are the other ~13 / 10 %.... Regards, -- -Chuck
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