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Old 01-05-2008, 09:37 AM
Timothy J. Bogart
 
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Default Re: Only one processor is in use... what AIX Does ????

Jones wrote:
> Hi Guys
>
> I am experiencing same problem all the time . The one processor is
> 90-100% utilized , when system is on load conditions ( like after noon
> ) while other remain 0-10%
> utilized.
>
> Over all system shows 50% processor utilization , which is quite
> obviuos .
>
> However , my perception is that being mutiprocessor system , both of
> processors should be equally utilized .I can see that one of the
> process ( KSorder ) is utilizing CPU=50% continuosly ( as shown by
> topas ) ... How can i cause this process to utilize both processors
> ..... Can binprocessor command cause this process and its all threads
> to be bind to both processes... Please advice !!!
>
> Regards
>
> Huyed Jones
>


The _program_ has to be able to make use of multiple processors. It is
the concept of single threaded versus multi-threaded programming. If
the program is single threaded, only one processor will be utilized even
if there are 32 available.
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