> bismark, please check your motherboard bios version and the kernel > version. > there are a few known issues with apic irq polling using one logical > hyperthreaded CPU versus all for some AMD boards with NVIDIA chipsets. > Please post your MB chip-set and kernel information.
We are both running on Lenovo T60p laptops, 2 GHz Core 2 Duo' /w ATI video chipset. So no issue with AMD and/or Nvidia chipsets. > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Ron Gula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> Have you tried looking at CPU, Ram usage, Load etc etc... Is >> your >> >> CPU flat out? RAM usage is nominal, CPU usage is about >> >> 50% on both processors. Right now running a scan I've got some >> >> responsiveness but it will go away at some point. Is the IO >> >> usage spiking at some point to cause an increase in the load ? >> > >> > IO load seems to barely go up while a scan is running. This is from >> > observation of the drive lights, haven't run an iostat though. >> > >> > The be_nice = yes change in my nessusd.conf file has made a HUGE >> change >> in >> > responsiveness. Still not anywhere near the FreeBSD setup but at >> least >> I >> > can run 30/20 hosts/checks and still have my system usable. >> >> I'm glad the be_nice setting helped out. >> >> I was also curious if the FreeBSD system took longer to scan than >> your Linux system. It would be interesting to note if the FreeBSD >> system was more responsive but also took longer to complete a scan. >> >> Ron Gula >> Tenable Network Security >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nessus mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus >> > > > > -- > --Yarick Tsagoyko > > Advisory Notice: Email is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy > Act and is legally privileged, but inherently insecure. Content may be > subject to alteration: email addresses may incorrectly identify the > sender. > This email transmission, and any documents, files, or previous email > messages attached to it may be privileged and confidential, and are > intended > only for the use of the recipient(s) named in the address field. If the > reader of this message is not an intended recipient, or the employee or > agent responsible to deliver it to the recipient, you are hereby notified > that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message or its > contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in > error, > please notify me by telephone or return email and delete it and any > attachments from your computer. Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > Nessus mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus _______________________________________________ Nessus mailing list [email protected] http://mail.nessus.org/mailman/listinfo/nessus
