Christopher L. Everett wrote: > I do a lot of database work. Sometimes I must do massive batch jobs on > my box
> The problem is that these things often take 10 to 30 minutes to run on > my box. When I use the GNU time utility, I see a low PCPU number, > typically between 15 and 25%. CPU utilization viewed through top remains > at 35% or so, and I never go deeper than a few tens of kilobytes into > swap, even though the 1 minute load average climbs to 2 and higher (I've > seen peak numbers around 6). > Am I correct in thinking that the bottleneck lies in the HD subsystem? Yes. Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
