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Date:      Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:39:12 -0700
From:      Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To:        Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Scheduler weirdness
Message-ID:  <20091012023912.GA38822@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <fe073255a48a675c0a8ab5bb8c105e61.squirrel@webmail.lerctr.org>
References:  <6729ad0409e449f8dbda69ecd8feb618.squirrel@webmail.lerctr.org> <20091012014846.GB38325@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <fe073255a48a675c0a8ab5bb8c105e61.squirrel@webmail.lerctr.org>

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On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 08:51:48PM -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote:
> 
> On Sun, October 11, 2009 8:48 pm, Steve Kargl wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 05:59:52PM -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote:
> >>
> >> Ok, running RELENG_8 from Friday (10/9/2009).
> >>
> >> If I have 4 Folding-at-home processes running (they nice themselves) the
> >> system is slow as a dog.
> >>
> >> If I stop them, it's speedy.
> >>
> >> This is running SCHED_ULE
> >>
> >> is this expected?
> >>
> >> What can I do to help?
> >>
> >
> > How many cpus are available on your system?  If you're in an
> > over-commit situation with numerical intensive applications,
> > you may find 4BSD to be a better option.
> 4 cpu's.
> 

So, you have 4 cpus and 4 folding-at-home processes and you're
trying to use the system with other apps?  Switch to 4BSD.

-- 
Steve



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