[ale] VM load average stays around 4.5 and jumps as high as 8 or 9

[Geoffrey Myers]

On 05/11/2012 12:22 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> After the update, the CentOS vm needs to run some maintenance task
> (specifically the lib caching process). It takes a long time on a
> physical box (4-5 hours) as it does a literal binary recompile for
> faster cached lib usage (it replaces generic "use this library" call
> with actual memory addresses for the cached libs - slick but setup is slow).

May have spoke to soon....  I'll give it a day as you suggest.

>
> Give it a day to settle down. It will not need to redo it's stuff after
> the next reboot. Next time the app is launched, it will use the modified
> version with the memory locations.
>
> Note: this process wreaks havoc with IPS as the running binary IS
> changed from the static one on the hard drive.  :-)
>
> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Geoffrey Myers
> <lists at serioustechnology.com <mailto:lists at serioustechnology.com>> wrote:
>
>     So, I've got a Centos VM that is installed on Mac.  I had a Mac OSX
>     update and a gcc update on the VM.
>
>     Now my load average sits at 4.5 and every now and then jumps to 8 or 9.
>       when it does that, the VM freezes until it drops back down.
>
>     Any clues as to what is causing this?  I'm sure the gcc is not an issue.
>       Do I need to reinstall virtual box?
>
>
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Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson