No Sagnoma hardware here but all of my machines are either IBM x345's (2x2.8GHz / 4GB RAM) or x346's (2x3.0GHz / 4GB RAM). Here's a vmstat from over a 2 minute period from a gateway machine that had 6 active calls (but Asterisk was not transcoding and not in the media path).
# vmstat 1 10000 | grep -v '100 0$' procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa 1 0 164 233584 8 548172 0 0 0 1 3 3 1 0 99 0 procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa The only time it wasn't 100% idle is right when vmstat started. -Evan Cosmin Prund wrote: > I get the same thing with a basic AAH (2.8 or whatever the latest is at > the time of this writing). I consider the thing an pretty basic system > running nothing but Asterisk yet I get the same kind of spikes once > every 10 seconds (running vmstat 1 10000). My system is a cheap Sepron > 2800+ on a ASUS MB with nVidia3 chipset. I'd love to know what's that > all about... > > My sample below. As you can see I mostly have 100% idle and there are > spikes :-) > > procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- > ----cpu---- > 0 0 160 60908 17888 369452 0 0 0 0 2110 199 1 0 > 99 0 > 0 0 160 60908 17888 369452 0 0 0 0 2110 206 0 0 > 100 0 > 0 0 160 60908 17896 369452 0 0 0 12 2112 206 0 0 > 100 0 > 0 0 160 60908 17896 369452 0 0 0 0 2112 205 0 21 > 79 0 > 0 0 160 60908 17896 369452 0 0 0 0 2111 209 0 0 > 100 0 > 0 0 160 60908 17896 369452 0 0 0 0 2109 197 0 0 > 100 0 > 0 0 160 62292 17916 369452 0 0 0 432 2134 324 0 1 > 99 0 > 0 0 160 62292 17916 369452 0 0 0 0 2107 190 0 0 > 100 0 > 0 0 160 62292 17916 369452 0 0 0 0 2111 200 0 0 > 100 0 > 0 0 160 62356 17916 369452 0 0 0 0 2106 195 0 0 > 100 0 > 0 0 160 62372 17916 369452 0 0 0 0 2107 190 0 0 > 100 0 > > > Wolfgang Zweimueller wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I have read many posts about problems with Asterisk on some systems. I >> also set up Asterisk on many different boxes. But I have never seen >> the following... >> >> There is an IBM X346 (3.4GHz Xeon) with one Sangoma A104. This system >> is currently idle, that means there is nothing running except Asterisk >> (1.2.7.1). We are handling no calls now, but if I do a vmstat, I get >> peaks in system load up to 40%! Here is an example: >> >> procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- >> ----cpu---- >> r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us >> sy id wa >> 0 0 0 375080 161660 142232 0 0 0 0 4160 187 0 >> 4 96 0 >> 0 0 0 375080 161660 142232 0 0 0 0 4251 207 0 >> 1 98 0 >> 0 0 0 375080 161660 142232 0 0 0 0 4205 179 0 >> 9 92 0 >> 0 0 0 375080 161660 142232 0 0 0 36 4151 217 0 >> 3 97 0 >> 0 0 0 375080 161660 142232 0 0 0 0 4026 187 0 >> 0 100 0 >> 0 0 0 375080 161660 142232 0 0 0 0 4042 205 0 >> 14 86 0 >> 0 0 0 375080 161660 142232 0 0 0 0 4019 184 0 >> 38 63 0 >> 0 0 0 375080 161660 142232 0 0 0 0 4062 208 0 >> 0 100 0 >> 0 0 0 375080 161660 142232 0 0 0 0 4028 196 0 >> 2 99 0 >> 0 0 0 375080 161660 142232 0 0 0 16 4075 223 0 >> 19 81 0 >> 1 0 0 375080 161660 142232 0 0 0 0 4029 197 0 >> 0 100 0 >> 0 0 0 375080 161660 142232 0 0 0 0 4043 199 0 >> 1 99 0 >> 0 0 0 375080 161660 142232 0 0 0 0 4045 194 0 >> 6 94 0 >> 0 0 0 375080 161660 142232 0 0 0 0 4032 196 0 >> 24 77 0 >> 0 0 0 375080 161660 142232 0 0 0 12 4045 212 0 >> 0 100 0 >> 0 0 0 375080 161660 142232 0 0 0 0 4028 188 0 >> 0 100 0 >> >> >> >> In contrast to the above I have a Dell 2850 running Asterisk and a lot >> of other things (but no PRI card). This box is (according to vmstat) >> almost always 100% idle! >> >> >> Is anyone running a similar X346-system? What is the load and how does >> Asterisk behave on it? Can anyone explain what is happening here? >> >> >> Thx, >> Wolfgang >> _______________________________________________ >> --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- >> >> Asterisk-Users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users