Re: idle CPU

2001-01-30 Thread Vivek Khera
> "TS" == Tim Samshuijzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: TS> We're running a large database on a dedicated server. TS> When I look in the list of active processes, I notice that a TS> complicated query takes up no more than about 30 % of CPU. TS> During this time the CPU is more than 60 % idle

Re: idle CPU

2001-01-30 Thread Tim Samshuijzen
the answers make sense thanks everybody! Tim Samshuijzen - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-ma

Re: idle CPU

2001-01-30 Thread René Tegel
Yes tim, buy better/faster hard drives and/or put more memory in your machine. this 60% idle is the time your proc is waiting for the hard drive reading data. - Original Message - From: "Tim Samshuijzen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 4:03 PM

Re: idle CPU

2001-01-30 Thread Sam Wong
The I/O may not be as fast as the CPU, so it can't use up the CPU - Original Message - From: "Tim Samshuijzen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 11:03 PM Subject: idle CPU > > > Hello, > > We're running a large database on a dedicated server