[TAG] 480% CPU?

[Neil Youngman]

On Monday 22 October 2007 18:09, Ben Okopnik wrote:
> It would be interesting to go through all the possible combinations of
> the three processes (if possible) to get a better handle on what
> triggers it, though.

They're all running today and top is behaving perfectly normally. I did 
observe that pressing 'I' changed the output, so that 480% became more like 
250%. This seems to be an "Irix mode" toggle and I have no idea why it should 
make any difference. Also I see little point in choosing between 2 different 
values of wrong, unless it offers any further clues.

> Does the machine actually bog when you see this report, or is it just
> showing this stuff without any external effect?

No, they were all 'nice 19' processes, BOINC clients and the like, and the 
system was coping just fine.

Neil