I now have acquired enough evidence and confirm all my writings above. It implies that there may be a scheduling issue in the linux kernel of ubuntu 10.10. I will try to check if there is similar issue also with Natty.
(I have 15 years of experience in performing CPU intensive tasks on UNIX/Linux workstations and servers and this is most likely for the first time when I experience the reported kind of the odd behaviour.) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openssh in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/782092 Title: ssh server extremly unresponsive -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
