RE: [OFFTOPIC] cpu idle time
I would say that it sure makes performance tuning a lot easier if you know
exactly what needs tuning!
(responding from debian-user)
On 25-Oct-97 Walter L. Preuninger II wrote:
> I was recently installing linux on a poor 386sx, with 4M of memory.
>
> I noticed that during a compile of a kernel, 2.0.30, which took 35 hours
> to complete, vmstat showed a large idle time. I was swapping like mad, and
> came to the conclusion that time spent in swap is accounted for in the
> idle time?
>
> AIX 3.2.5 has an additional field for the cpu percentages, called wait(ing
> for io)
>
> Is there any need to know this bit of info?
>
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