rob (01/31/83)
11:00am up 18:31, 33 users, load average: 6.45, 6.55, 6.93 11:15am up 18:46, 34 users, load average: 8.43, 6.44, 6.26 11:30am up 19:01, 33 users, load average: 13.73, 10.38, 8.34 11:45am up 19:16, 29 users, load average: 14.35, 13.22, 11.59 (Shutdown for WCS module replacement) 1:00pm up 24 mins, 17 users, load average: 5.12, 3.52, 2.06 1:15pm up 39 mins, 28 users, load average: 12.20, 10.30, 7.02 1:30pm up 54 mins, 30 users, load average: 12.67, 13.22, 11.18 1:45pm up 1:09, 31 users, load average: 17.71, 16.08, 13.48 2:00pm up 1:24, 35 users, load average: 9.76, 10.16, 11.15 The above figures are from uptime. Does the setting of MAXUSERS in the system configuration effect the system response? Ours is currently set at 30. What really makes the system slow? Can any unix guru's give me some hints at improving response in editors? Here are some samples from vmstat also. procs memory page disk faults cpu r b w avm fre re at pi po fr de sr h0 h1 x2 x3 in sy cs us sy id 5 0 0 1641 1504 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 888 203 55 58 43 0 5 0 0 1641 1504 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 956 177 52 28 72 0 5 0 0 1654 1528 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 847 155 49 79 21 0 5 0 0 1654 1528 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 703 148 47 73 27 0 5 0 0 1654 1528 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 30 0 0 765 133 56 55 45 0 5 0 0 1654 1528 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 22 0 0 852 126 53 61 39 0 5 0 0 1654 1528 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 777 125 51 79 21 0 5 0 0 1368 1564 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 785 116 47 87 13 0 Any assistance would be appreciated. Rob Wood (decvax!genradbolton!rob)