Re: [ucd/net cpu usage] inaccurate, very low

I posted it in our thread on the forum.

I've added nice back in, will see what happens.

On Aug 7, 2009, at 1:15 PM, Larry Adams wrote:

> No attachment.  Sorry.
>
> aurfalien <at> gmail.com wrote:
>> Attached top output which Cacti graphs shows at ~15% CPU usage.
>>
>>
>> On Aug 7, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Larry Adams wrote:
>>
>>> Where did you obtain your Cacti from?  Where did you get the  
>>> template.
>>> It is different from the "default", this is why I ask.
>>>
>>> TheWitness
>>>
>>> aurfalien <at> gmail.com wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Cacti .8.7d
>>>> Spine .8.7e
>>>> Centos 5.3x64
>>>>
>>>> Monitoring Linux, OSX, Win clients.
>>>>
>>>> - cpu usage
>>>> - mem usage
>>>> - network i/o
>>>> - disk i/o
>>>> - # of processes
>>>>
>>>> My issue with with cpu usage.
>>>>
>>>> I peg my multi core hosts 100% (top showing 400% and 800%  
>>>> depending on
>>>> core architecture).
>>>>
>>>> My cacti graphs spike at only ~10-15% max.
>>>>
>>>> I've following some threads, installed some additional templates  
>>>> (ones
>>>> that specifically render graphs based on individual cores) but same
>>>> results.
>>>>
>>>> I really only desire total % cpu usage regardless of core/cpu  
>>>> quantity.
>>>>
>>>> Any advice is greatly appreciated to an order of magnitude.
>>>>
>>>> - aurf
>>>>
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