I switched from Windows to Linux 64 bit as Rick mentioned and performance has improved significantly.
2009/10/1 MANNY Omari <[email protected]> > > Hello Rick Mur, > Thanks a lot for the advice,Yes I'm using Windows XP SP-2, do you recommend > me to use linux? if i use linux can i get good performance? right now i > cannot ping devices because of high CPU usage, below is my pc > specifications. > > DELL Latitude E5500 Laptop > 3-GB RAM > 2.0GHz > 250-GB HDD > > Kind Regards, > > > ------------------------------ > Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] processor usage in GNS3; > From: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 22:16:53 +0200 > CC: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > If you are running GNS3 under Windows than it's pretty normal that your CPU > is at 100% all the time, even with the perfect idle PC value. Dynamips just > has poor performance under Windows as it needs to be translated. Python is > not able to run natively on Windows. If you would use the same topology > under 64 bit linux you would hardly use 10%. > > -- > > Regards, > > Rick Mur > CCIE2 #21946 (R&S / Service Provider) > Sr. Support Engineer – IPexpert, Inc. > URL: http://www.IPexpert.com <http://www.ipexpert.com/> > > On 1 okt 2009, at 17:18, MANNY Omari wrote: > > > > Hello dears, > > I’m running 13 devices in total ( 3-BB-Router, 6-Normal-Router, and > 4-Switches) in GNS3 I tried to calculate the idlepc but my processor is not > coming down from 100%, anyone can please has any idea. > > > Kind Regards, > > > ------------------------------ > Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live > Spaces. It's easy! Try > it!<http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us> > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > > > ------------------------------ > Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live > Spaces. It's easy! Try > it!<http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us> > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > -- Emad Salahuddin Cell No. (965) 695-2357
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