Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 16:51:25 -0700 From: dan@wolf.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help understanding output from systat Message-ID: <19990415165125.C3127@ns.wolf.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904141354260.15989-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>; from Doug White on Wed, Apr 14, 1999 at 01:55:10PM -0700 References: <19990413093523.A24567@ns.wolf.com> <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904141354260.15989-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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> > I started examing systat to try and dtermine why > > my overall throughput is so low - I'm currently > > maxing out at around 2 Mbits on a 10 Mbit circuit. > > Ethernet? Yep. An NE-2000 clone ISA card (it's all I had on hand when my Intel EtherExpress 10/100 died). > > Running "systat -v" shows my CPU usage to be sitting > > right around 13% Sys, 32% Intr, 9% User. That Intr > > percentage seems might god-awful high. Am I correct > > in assuming that something is badly amiss here? > > Your interrupt load is kinda high. How many interrupts/sec are you > getting on your Ethernet card at full output? The Ethernet card is generating 400-500 interrupts/sec, and the IDE drive is generating 500-600 per second most of the time, occasionaly peaking at 900. > If your Ether card is ISA, that says it all right there. I was afraid of that. Guess it's time to travel to the coloc site again and replace the E-net card. Thanks for the insights. Dan dan@wolf.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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