[comp.sys.sun] syslogd Hogging CPU

C.Elvin@ee.surrey.ac.uk (02/01/90)

[[Ed's Note: see v8n225 for the fix to prevent syslogd from eating 100%
of CPU time. -bdg]]

Has anybody come across syslogd hogging CPU time?  I have the following
scenario:

A 3/60 with SCSI shoe-boxes for local data swap etc and some NFS mounted
partitions (users' files). When syslogd is invoked it behaves well for a
while and then goes CPU crazy.  This has a dramatic effect on performance
sisnce the machine is used by a single user at a time running simulations
for between 30 minutes and 3 days.  The simulations are taking nearly
twice as long to complete.  Where am I going wrong with syslog(d) ????

		Chris