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The amount of processing units of the CPU used to execute a task and how long it takes.

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Exchange 2010 on KVM - CPU usage reporting incorrectly

Good Morning, I have virtualized an exchange server using KVM (proxmox actually). It is Exchange 2010 SP3 running on server 2012 R2. KVM version 1.7.1. I am using the latest (0.1-74) virtio storage and network drivers. Exchange is set up as a…
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Monitor CPU utilization for each user

Is there any way to monitor the CPU utilization for each user at regular intervals Currently using the sar command I am able to get the following output: 12:00:01 AM CPU %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 12:10:01 AM …
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Vmware 5.1 ESX linux host cpu keep climbing overtime

I have Debian lenny with php and mysql, in Vmware 5.1 ESX. Cpu keeps climbing over time. After about 50 days, cpu usage is 100% by apache and mysql but it is climbing day by day. If I restart these processes, nothing changes. cpu usage rises to the…
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Why is DU causing high CPU usage?

On CentOS 6.5, du -sk /home and sh -c (du -sk \/home) 2>/dev/null run because a scheduled disk usage for /home, but du is causing 100% CPU usage. Plus, before it's even finished, another du gets run and it piles up, bringing the system down to its…
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Find which service is causing high CPU usage within single svchost process (Win2008 R2)

This is probably a stupid question, but for the life of me I cant remember! I have a virtual win 2008 R2 server running on a HyperV box (not that this should matter), It is an SQL server. I noticed a lot of lag when loading from this server every so…
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Should CPU usage be so low while memory usage is high on heavy mysql server?

I'm using ubuntu server 12.04 x64. The server receives a lot of requests to mysql through apache web server (it's light interface). From mysql stats I see there is approx 250 queries / second from 8 AM - 9PM. At night server is practically not…
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Ubuntu 13.04: apt-get and check-new-release CPU bound

I own a virtual server hosted by a provider. A few hours ago I was notified about the VM being CPU-bound. I couldn't log in and rebooted the server. After the boot, apt-get and check-new-release were CPU bound. I've never seen such a problem related…
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Apache high CPU usage, setting a overload limit

On a ubuntu server, I run a LAMP environment with APC, and fast-cgi as php mod, to host 2 wordpress sites, and both sites have Wordpress Total Cache (W3TC) plugin configured. The server's specs are: 2gb ram and 1 cpu (cpu MHz: 2100.076, cache size:…
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iexplorer.exe high CPU/RAM usage

My client has a virtual Server 2008 R2 terminal server running under ESXi 5.1. This server, which been in production for around 4 months, experiences intermittent slowness / non-responsiveness for logged-in users. When this issue occurs…
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Why Are My High CPU Processes Located In /usr/bin/?

I keep getting RAM and CPU spikes but I can't figure out where it is coming from. If I look at the Process manager, I see, /usr/bin/php /home/hellohel/public_html/index.php Repeated several times. I also occasionally see: [php] Taking up…
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Does Apache2 run faster if I have more CPU?

I have a cloud server, with: 5120 RAM and 4.6Ghz My question is: if I add more CPU, (11.5 Ghz) will the load time of the pages be higher? I mean, is this always gradual? More CPU = faster pageload? And if not, how does it work and how can I learn…
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My client's solution of a Windows SBS 2011 VM on an Ubuntu host and VirtualBox is pinning the host CPU

Here's my situation, I've got a client hosting two servers (one VM), with the host providing VMware Zimbra, the other Windows Small Business Server 2011. Unfortunately, the person before me had configured this setup as follows. Host: Ubuntu Desktop…
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VMware Fusion Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server - Soft Lockup CPU Stuck

I have a strange Stuck Problem with VMware Fusion and Ubuntu 12.04 as Guest System. On High Loaded process the System stucks with "Soft Lockup CPU Stuck" and i have to reboot the VM...the Same System via VirtualBox works fine but VirtualBox…
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Apache2 return 404 for proxy requests before reaching WSGI

I have a Django app running under Apache2 and mod_wsgi and, unfortunately, lots of requests trying to use the server as a proxy. The server is responding OK with 404 errors but the errors are generated by the Django (WSGI) app, which causes a high…
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Load average relation to cpu threads and cpu cores

Is load average related to CPU ThreadS OR CPU core? i am having a xenon cpu with 8 cores and 16 threads. How much can be the acceptable load average? Sometimes Load AVerage reaches 11. so does that means load average upto 16 is with in acceptable…
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