Andree Leidenfrost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi Rich, > > On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 15:32 +0100, Rich Walker wrote: >> [...] >> >> The machine in question has 2GB of ram, and is currently running at a >> >> load of 4.6, and around 100% CPU usage. >> >> >> >> The main mondoarchive process is using 617MB of virtual memory, of which >> >> 252MB is swapped out. >> >> >> >> It has now been running for a few days (984minutes CPU time), and is >> >> assembling DVD #5. The "Time remaining" indicator is -14331:-52 ! >> > >> > What is the load and memory usage _without_ mondoarchive running? What >> > CPU is this? Also, what version of mindi and mondo are you running >> > currently? >> >> Still fairly heavy. At present, it's >> top - 15:24:20 up 30 days, 2:24, 6 users, load average: 2.07, 3.41, 3.98 >> Tasks: 277 total, 1 running, 275 sleeping, 1 stopped, 0 zombie >> Cpu(s): 14.5% us, 7.2% sy, 0.0% ni, 74.0% id, 3.0% wa, 0.3% hi, 1.0% si >> Mem: 2077192k total, 2021348k used, 55844k free, 38432k buffers >> Swap: 1919548k total, 1226364k used, 693184k free, 1042008k cached > > Hm, it's using quite some swap but not too much CPU. Why is the load so > high if CPU usage is quite low (or is this just the snapshot)?
Load is high on that machine for a variety of reasons. Typically it's supporting 4 or 5 users with VNC and direct logins. > Also, what type of CPU, how many, what frequency would be good to know. Athlon *somethingorother* with a 1.3GHz clock. > >> Mindi: Version: 1.08-2-2 >> Mondo: Version: 2.07-2 > > You could try mindi-1.09-1 and mondo-2.09-1 which I've just uploaded > although I doubt they would change things a lot. > >> > >> >> Random checking of the process list finds that "normally" what it is >> >> doing is generating the xattr_list files... >> > >> > Aha, that might be interesting to look into further! Could you remove >> > the attr and acl packages from that machine and run again? (You may be >> > using extended attributes ['attr' package] and/or POSIX access control >> > lists ['acl' package] on your ext3 filesystem in which case this would >> > not be an option.) >> > >> >> Okay, I'll give that a go. > > Cool. Also you may want to try without compression '-0'. Does it still compress the attribute files if compression is turned off? Also, the process of sorting out the files before it even gets to the DVD stage takes hours as well... cheers, Rich. > > Cheers, > Andree > > PS: Would be cool if you could reply to all, so that the bug report gets > CC'ed for the record... > -- > Andree Leidenfrost > Sydney - Australia > > -- rich walker | Shadow Robot Company | [EMAIL PROTECTED] technical director 251 Liverpool Road | need a Hand? London N1 1LX | +UK 20 7700 2487 www.shadowrobot.com/hand/overview.shtml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
