Too many processes question.
Steve Siegfried
sos at zjod.net
Thu Jan 25 03:04:30 UTC 2007
Les wrote:
>
> Ladies and gentlemen...
> I have 104 processes listed when I run the monitor. My system is
> slowing to a crawl, dropping internet connections and jerking like it
> has epilepsy. Would someone please tell me how many process should be
> running in a simple workstation setup (not a server).
>
> Or better yet post a list.
>
> Thanks,
> Les H
>
It's actually more complicated than that. Response times & zippyness
pretty much rely on:
- how much spare capacity the cpu has,
- how much memory is available,
- amount of I/O (including networks) taking place
A quick place to start looking for what's using all your horsepower
is top(1) (it's in the procps package). Pids that clock lots of time
are your first suspects.
See also: nice(1).
Hope this helps,
-S
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