Provider-1 is not multi-threaded. So, no SMP advantage. However, with large number of CMAs, the 4 CPUs do get utilized a bit, see mpstat 5 output below, for example on a 4CPU machine
CPU minf mjf xcal intr ithr csw icsw migr smtx srw syscl usr sys wt idl 0 936 1 1261 170 143 421 23 93 34 1 2956 14 9 2 75 1 946 1 1306 30 2 447 23 94 35 1 2973 14 8 2 75 2 953 1 1346 30 1 456 23 94 36 1 2989 14 8 2 76 3 1033 1 1234 370 253 443 22 93 43 1 3021 15 8 2 75 CPU minf mjf xcal intr ithr csw icsw migr smtx srw syscl usr sys wt idl 0 1 4 2129 49 26 289 16 71 15 0 1183 13 3 1 83 1 0 16 3917 22 1 306 15 73 16 0 2418 12 6 13 70 2 0 22 2542 20 2 334 14 71 14 0 1409 7 3 11 79 3 0 5 1786 474 364 283 14 60 27 0 1428 13 3 3 80 CPU minf mjf xcal intr ithr csw icsw migr smtx srw syscl usr sys wt idl 0 0 0 1252 58 32 306 22 76 11 0 2182 15 6 0 79 1 1 0 4246 31 2 255 26 73 10 0 4419 17 10 0 73 2 0 0 369 28 1 318 22 79 18 0 2180 16 2 0 82 3 1 0 1988 390 273 253 27 70 32 0 7789 26 5 1 68 P-1 is more of mem/swap hungry - hth, Rajeev On 9/20/07, cisco4ng < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wonder if anyone has answer to this: > > I have a SPLAT P-1 NG with AI R55 w/ HFA_20 running on dell > Server (4 3.2 GHz CPU with 8 GB of RAM). This P-1 has only > 3 CMAs so far. > > Today I migrate a SmartCenter into a new CMA on this P-1. > I noticed that the migration process (aka import) took about > 3 hour to complete. During that time, when I run "top" with the > time interval set to 1 second, I notice at any given time, > 1 CPU is at 100% utilization but the other 3 CPUs are at > 95% idle. I thought all 4 CPUs should be sharing the > work load right? > > Which bring up the question, does P-1 multi-thread > on system with multiple CPUs? If AI R55 doesn't do it, > does CP fix it in NGx? > > Thanks in advance. > > > --------------------------------- > Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. > > ================================================= > To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, > send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > in the BODY of the email add: > set fw-1-mailinglist nomail > ================================================= > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > please see the instructions at > http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html > ================================================= > If you have any questions on how to change your > subscription options, email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ================================================= > ================================================= To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================
