16 Mar
2006
16 Mar
'06
3:04 p.m.
On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 02:38:04PM +0100, Stefan H. Holek wrote:
a) Your system may be I/O bound - not CPU bound - so you will never see the CPU max out because the limiting factors are memory and disk/ network access.
On that note, if running linux on a box with IDE disks, make sure that the disks have dma turned on. This can have a big impact on overall system responsiveness. man hdparm for details. -PW -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com