> From: Gary Helmling > > If you're using AMIs based on the latest Ubuntu (10.4), > theres a known kernel issue that seems to be causing > high loads while idle. More info here: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ec2/+bug/574910
Seems best to avoid using Lucid on EC2 for now, then. FYI, the EC2 scripts that I use build AMIs based on Amazon's old FC8 AMI (with updates). See http://github.com/apurtell/hbase-ec2 - Andy
