Subject: Re: CPU Usage
From: bryan stalcup (bryan@stalcup.net)
Date: Wed Aug 02 2000 - 19:57:35 EDT
I'm definitely accessing the server over IP, but i'm not sure what i would mess
around with in the stock SMP kernels, what in particular should be turned off? or
are you suggesting a minimized (nothing extra) kernel?
i should probably define creeping... instead of 3-4 seconds for a 20Mb file, it's
20-30 seconds. like it seems to hang for a while before it starts sending the file.
TimY wrote:
> The 15-20% usage seems about right to me. Xinet on our solaris box
> uses about that much CPU power as well. The SMB seems like it is
> about what I have seen too. I have samba on a Dual PPRO 200 with
> 100base and it uses about that much. As far as the photshop files
> creeping. One thing I have noticed is if you connect using the
> chooser the mac sometimes does not connect using TCP/IP. Try using
> the SERVER IP ADDRESS button in the chooser to log on. This will
> guarantee that you are connecting over IP. Then try copying over a
> file. You can also get info on the volume through the finder and it
> will tell you how it is connected. It sounds to me like you are only
> connecting using appletalk. Lastly I would make sure you are using
> an SMP kernel. I have had problems with stock SMP kernels and found
> it better to compile my own on dual machines. I know you probrably
> know all of this already but I wanted to try to help out.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Tim Yardley
> MIS Tech Dark Horse Comics
>
> >
> >>with one active mac client, i generate 15-20% cpu usage as reported by top
> >>for just the afpd process. this just doesn't seem right. i also experience
> >>15-20% cpu usage with samba (smbd process) for just one NT4 client, which
> >>also seems high, but is a little easier to accept considering the speed of
> >>the link. under a heavy load, it takes 30-60 seconds to refresh a finder
> >>window, and my 20Mb Photoshop files creep across the network...
> >>
> >>is there something i'm missing? seems i remember someone mentioning some kind
> >>of issue with SMP and RH6.x and netatalk, but i'm not sure where to go from
> >>here. would a faster, single CPU do better?
> >>
> >>thanks,
> >>bryan stalcup
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