>>> On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at  9:45 PM, in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alan
Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
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> SLES 10 and RHEL 5 correct for the virtualization effects and OMEGAMON
> gives the "normalized" numbers.

Unfortunately in this case, SLES9 is being used, so the incorrect performance 
data is a problem.  (One of the fairly numerous reasons I would recommend using 
SLES10 SP1.)

> But the importance of that depends on what you want to know, doesn't it?
> If you're interested in which Linux process is hogging the guest, the
> absolute number is irrelevant.

With the way things were designed in the 2.4 and earlier 2.6 kernels, that 
might be somewhat suspect as well.  I've seen cases where the "bad guy" process 
wasn't easy to find.


Mark Post

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