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From: klimas@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: ??? ... Advanced 2.15C problems, and cpu's meter
Message-ID: <3589.27d3730d@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>
Date: 5 Mar 91 15:29:33 GMT
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In article <26593@neptune.inf.ethz.ch>, aprzygie@iiic.ethz.ch (Antoni Bronislaw Przygienda) writes:
> I lately installed a net (Advanced Netware 2.15) with a COMPAQ 386/33L as
> server (Novell NE2000 in it). Questions:
...stuff deleted.....
> 	2) the "monitor"'s cpu-load-meter goes crazy. It shows first a
> 	   couple of asteriks & then a load of 170% and more ?! When I
> 	   slows the compaq by 30% it behaves normally. I looks strongly
> 	   the way as if the meter would have been tested up to machines
> 	   with 25MHz by Novell (although I can't really believe it) &
> 	   has kind of a time-loop in it overflowing on faster ones.
> 
> Some hints ?? I'll resume for the net
> 
> 
> 						Tony

	Novell issued a Technical bulletin #1-264 dated March 20, 1990
that said the high utilization figures are caused by a bug in their file server
utilization code.  This occurs with 486-25 and 386-33Mhz machines.  The 
disturbing thing is that although they said it would be fixed in their next
release of Netware 286, this rather visible bug is still araound a year later!