Ask Microsoft...we're using the ICMP.DLL file which is part of the OS. The documented calls into that DLL are all blocking calls, this means that while the call is "open", the system isn't realy ready to do something else. And with as "result" that the CPU usage goes to (almost) 100%.
Dirk. Woodstone is moving it's offices to a new location. Response to email will be delayed due to this. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jason Passow Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 4:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SA-list] CPU utilization Ok aside from doing that and aside form keeping my router running is there anything I can do? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brent Ozar Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 9:22 AM To: Jason Passow Subject: Re: [SA-list] CPU utilization Yep. Get a dual-CPU server, and it'll be 50%. <rimshot> Just kidding. Brent Thursday, June 12, 2003, 9:16:09 AM, you wrote: JP> I noticed today that when the Server's Alive service was doing a ping to JP> a remote router (2 second timeout for 5 pings) that my CPU utilization JP> went way up. The connection to that router was down at the time so I am JP> entirely sure it used the whole time to connect etc. However the CPU JP> utilization went up to 98-99 %? Is there anyway to correct this? -- BrentO Now is the time for all good men to come to. -- Walt Kelly To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] With the following in the body of the message: unsubscribe SAlive To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] With the following in the body of the message: unsubscribe SAlive To unsubscribe from a list, send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] With the following in the body of the message: unsubscribe SAlive
