I seem to have the same problem, with collectd using 5 cores. If I remember correctly this has two quad-core Xeons. The process is running on only this machine and the server is otherwise essentially idle. The version is current.
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 4644 root 20 0 457m 2736 2000 S 500 0.0 92:56.94 collectd collectd (4.10.1-2.1ubuntu7) precise uname --all Linux xxxxxxxxxxx 3.2.0-34-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Thu Nov 15 10:48:16 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Release: 12.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/220092 Title: Collectd using a lot of CPU? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/collectd/+bug/220092/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
