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Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 11:46:01 +0300
From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To: Tobias Roth <roth@iam.unibe.ch>
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Subject: Re: system laggy under load, SCHED_BSD
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On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 11:00:28PM +0100, Tobias Roth wrote:
T> Since some time, I experience extremely bad system behaviour under
T> load. For instance when compiling something, or unpacking a large
T> archive, the system is almost unusable, even the mouse pointer
T> reacts sloppy.
T> 
T> My system:
T> 
T> 6.0-STABLE FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE #7: Sun Jan 22 15:53:39 CET 2006 i386
T> 
T> I use SCHED_BSD.
T> 
T> How can I diagnose the problem, or provide more information? What
T> factors might influence what I experience? I cannot give a more precise
T> point in time as when this started, since I switched versions and
T> systems a few times recently.

What are numbers for the swap in/out in top(1)?

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