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From: klimas@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Fconsole server Utilization
Message-ID: <4292.280afddf@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>
Date: 16 Apr 91 18:36:31 GMT
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In article <55g9Z1w164w@sideways.gen.nz>, ileader@sideways.gen.nz (Ian Leader) writes:
>> Question:
>> I was looking at the fconsole statistics summary page and there is the 
>> current utilization field.  This number was consistently around 170-180%
>> It would drop to around 30-40% for a few seconds and then right back up to
>> where it was.  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 
> 1 and about 70-80% as the load on the server changed.  I then moved the 
> entire system (hard disks and all) into a 33MHz machine of exactly the 
> same brand and imediately after bringing the server up the first time, it 
> showed utilisation figures of around 170% with the system idling and 
> no-one logged in.  Occassionally it will flick back to 30-40% when the 
> disk i/o goes up. I have also noticed that the number of open files shows 
> as about 17 even with no workstations logged in, increasing from that 
> number as each file is opened by a workstation.
> This to me appeared to be some sort of corruption becuase a utilisation 
> over 100% seems like nonsense.  No-one so far has been able to shed any 
> light on it here.  Can anyone out there help?
> 
> Certainly, I don't think it is an indication of the need for a more 
> powerful machine!?
> 
> Ian Leader - Avalon Television Centre - Lower Hutt - New Zealand
This is a long time, well known bug in NOVELL Advanced Netware 286 
when it is executing on a PC with greater than 25Mhz clock speed.  The
disturbing thing is that everyone picks up on it immediately and starts getting
nervous about the integrity of the system.  This problem is very visible
and very old and yet NOVELL, has done nothing to fix their code!