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

[Matthew]

How many cpu's? Also that's not high, I have pictures of loads in the 10,000's.

On 5/14/12, Brian Mathis <brian.mathis+ale at betteradmin.com> wrote:
> This goes in the guest.  If you have many VMs running on a host, you
> will notice a significant drop in host CPU usage.  This does not apply
> to newer CentOS 6 or any other distros that use a tickless kernel.
>
> I'm not sure if it will help much of anything on the host.  Maybe
> lower power usage.
>
>
> ❧ Brian Mathis
>
>
> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is this a setting for the host or the guest?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Brian Mathis
>> <brian.mathis+ale at betteradmin.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> CentOS 5 uses a default timer interrupt frequency of 1000Hz.  This
>>> puts a bit of a load on the host system, and can be changed to 100Hz
>>> with no issues.
>>>
>>> To change this value, update the kernel line in /etc/grub.conf with
>>> the parameter "divider=10", like this:
>>>    kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 ro root=/dev/sda1 divider=10
>>> and reboot.  You will probably notice your host to be a bit more
>>> responsive, and if you're on a laptop your battery life should improve
>>> when running the VM.
>>>
>>> VMware has an article about this if you want more information:
>>>
>>> http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1005802
>>>
>>>
>>> ❧ Brian Mathis
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Geoffrey Myers
>>> <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?
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Until later, Geoffrey
>>>
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