Re: too much context switching
On Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:20:18 -0600, ChadDavis wrote:
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> When I execute the command:
>
> vmstat 5 5
>
> I get:
>
>
> procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io-----system-- ----cpu----
> r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
> 2 0 0 5741808 573028 1040628 0 0 122 42 53 1107 4 1 92 4
> 1 0 0 5747552 573036 1034488 0 0 0 22 14 2522 1 0 99 0
> 0 0 0 5747460 573060 1034488 0 0 0 32 18 2493 1 0 99 0
> 0 0 0 5747740 573096 1034488 0 0 0 57 72 4142 1 1 98 0
> 0 0 0 5747616 573144 1034468 0 0 0 61 20 687 1 0 99 0
>
>
> Aren't those context switch number pretty high? I realize this may be
> all relative, but these numbers are WAY higher than I see in the
> reference materials, so . . .
You mean the "cs" column?
sm01@stt008:~$ vmstat 5 5
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa
0 0 0 6261340 66836 1082052 0 0 9 37 38 176 1 0 98 0
0 0 0 6261312 66836 1082052 0 0 0 14 73 119 0 0 100 0
0 0 0 6261416 66836 1082052 0 0 0 58 75 108 0 0 100 0
0 0 0 6261568 66836 1082052 0 0 0 25 111 180 0 0 100 0
0 0 0 6261600 66836 1082052 0 0 0 0 101 169 0 0 100 0
Just to compare, I dunno what that means, neither if lower values are
better or worse nor why. Let's see what people has to say on this regard :-)
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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