[d2n-analysis-talk] d2n cpu selection

[Brad Sawatzky]

On Mon, 08 Mar 2010, posik at jlab.org wrote:

> I was wondering if there was a more efficent way to monitor the d2n
> machines cpu usage? Right now I simply type the following in the
> command line
> "gnome-system-monitor"

I recommend running 'top' in terminal.  Type '1' after it comes up to
get per-cpu granulatity.  Type 'W' to save a defaults file for the
future.

Type 'h' when top is running, and/or read 'man top' for a zillion other
features.

> Also if I see that say cpu4 is a 90% usage and cpu3 is at 2% is there
> a way that I can force cpu3 to be used or is cpu selection automatic?

The kernel automatically balances the load across the CPUs quite
efficiently.

-- Brad

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