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From: saddison@ca.excelan.com (Skip Addison)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Fconsole server Utilization
Keywords: fconsole
Message-ID: <1991Apr12.144026.7398@novell.com>
Date: 13 Apr 91 00:47:32 GMT
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References: <1991Apr8.191248.26526@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <55g9Z1w164w@sideways.gen.nz>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1991 14:40:26 GMT

In article <55g9Z1w164w@sideways.gen.nz> ileader@sideways.gen.nz (Ian Leader) writes:
>> ... It stays around 175% when the lab is open, (most of the day)
>> It has been as high as 190%.
>> What does this number tell me?  Do I need another server to handle the load?
>> 
>> Bill Froelich					Univ. of Illinois
>> Site Manager
>> froelich@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu			froelich@uiucvmd.bitnet
>
>I'd be keen to hear if someone has an answer to this one too.  Up until a 
>few weeks ago, our 2.15 server was a 25MHz 386 machine and the 
>utilization percentage showed what I would expect it to: varying between 
>...

I haven't seen any replies yet, so I'll take it.  On "fast" machines some
releases of NetWare (including 2.15c, but I forget what others -- maybe all)
report erroneous utilization figures.  Fast machine ::= 386/25 or higher.

It is a cosmetic problem only.  It's being fixed, but it's not been a very
high priority since it is cosmetic only and in most installations NetWare is
very much I/O bound, not CPU bound.  In our 250-workstation demonstration at
NetWorld last year with all the Mac, DOS and OS/2 workstations, processor
utilization never got above 20-25%.

I hope this helps.

-- Skip
   saddison@novell.com