Does 'top' work on multi-processor systems?

2008-07-03 Thread John Almberg
I have a 3 month old server with two quad-core processors, 8G of RAM, and an array of fast hard drives. The two main applications are web server and mail server. There are only about 20 small-business websites and approx. 40 email accounts on the server. i.e., not much. In terms of actual u

Re: Does 'top' work on multi-processor systems?

2008-07-03 Thread Peter Giessel
If I recall correctly, on dual processor systems, 200% is full processor utilization, so on an essentially 8 processor system, 800% would be full processor utilization. 157% in top would actually amount to about 20% of your full processor power. On Thursday, July 03, 2008, at 05:41AM, "John Al