On Wednesday 05 December 2007, Garrison Hoffman wrote: > This is a regular problem on my MythTV box but I've run into it > elsewhere: I have a load average of, say, 1.50 but CPU usage is 97% > idle. I understand the difference between CPU and Load but I'm not sure > how to address the issue. > > The MythTV box is an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ with 4GB RAM. The problem was > worse when I had 2 GB RAM and before turning off NVidia's TwinView. > > Any tips?
MythTV requires being able to store large files but also write a lot of data. My guess is that you're running into a filesystem write contention problem; adding memory adds cache space which helps a little, but doesn't fully address the issue concerning write speed. Biggest tweak to write speed I can suggest for starters is DMA + 32-bit access by tweaking with 'hdparm'. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Dec 5 - Open Source Show and Tell Jan 2 - TBD Feb 6 - DBUS Mar 5 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using Linux
