On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:54:40 +0100, Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM wrote:
>>
>> What is the duration of that 60% spike before that emails are sent
>out?
>
>A spike has no duration. 1 sample above 60% probably already triggers
>the 'panic-level'. ...
>
Nonsense.  At any instantaneous sample, the CPU is either
in a wait state (0%) or executing an instruction (100%).
A monitoring tool which reports any other number must average
over some finite duration.

Or does your processor have 10 cores of which 6 might be
busy for the 60% number?

-- gil

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