On Thu, 2011-12-01 at 21:20 +0000, Vic wrote:
> > The cpu time is not near full tilt but the system load is.
>
> I'll put money on it being I/O-bound.
>
> > Its an old 2GHz P4 -M laptop with 1GB RAM,
>
> Laptops frequently have poor I/O channels, so it's unlikely you'll ever
> get a serious performer out of this. Having said that, I'm currently
> typing this on a 1.4GHz Dell D600, and I use it for assorted development
> work.
>
Yeah, its a disappointment, sadly. I would like to atleast prioritize a
process to play nice though.
> What do iostat and vmstat tell you?
>
That my ancient sun box makes lots of noise for a reason (when its not
segfaulting ;-)
Isaac.
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