MS killing CPU

[Philip Waters]

There has to be more that you can do to keep the processor from going to
100 % Adding and adding hardware can't be the only answer because it
just gives spammers more power to spam. Where email everywhere is free
we can't keep upgrading and adding servers once the machine gets
processor bound.

What are other people doing?

If you want to derail as a CTO, just make the CEO feel like a ninny. -- 
Ted "Dililies" Sept 6, 2004 InfoWorld, pg 12
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ugo Bellavance" <ugob at CAMO-ROUTE.COM>
To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: MS killing CPU


> Hendrik den Hartog wrote:
>
> > Recently our MS machine has been grinding to a halt. You can't
> > 'get' to it, won't respond to pings etc. These periods have lasted
> > several hours. In the past,it has eventually been 'springing' back
> > to life of its own accord, allowing me to get a quick look. TOP
> > showed occassionally a MS child hogging 100% CPU. Also we've had
> > some SA timeouts recently.
>
> 100% cpu for MS child is normal, as long as it doesn't stay like that
> forever.
>
> Ugo
>
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