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Hi experts,<br />
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I don't undertand why the top command shows different numbers. For example for user CPU. this is being shown for an 8 CPU (dual core machine)<br />
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So for the process it shows %CPU 27 and it also shows Cpu(s): &nbsp;1.8% us, (please see below). Any ideas why two numbers and why such a huge difference. <br />
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Is the process running on one single CPU ???? <br />
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-bash-3.00$ top -p 32423<br />
top - 11:56:02 up 35 days, 21:07, &nbsp;7 users, &nbsp;load average: 1.28, 1.23, 1.01<br />
Tasks: &nbsp; 1 total, &nbsp; 0 running, &nbsp; 1 sleeping, &nbsp; 0 stopped, &nbsp; 0 zombie<br />
Cpu(s): &nbsp;1.8% us, &nbsp;1.5% sy, &nbsp;0.0% ni, 96.6% id, &nbsp;0.0% wa, &nbsp;0.0% hi, &nbsp;0.1% si<br />
Mem: &nbsp;65393576k total, 26331960k used, 39061616k free, &nbsp; 582372k buffers<br />
Swap: 10241428k total, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0k used, 10241428k free, 14301132k cached<br />
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&nbsp; PID USER &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;PR &nbsp;NI &nbsp;VIRT &nbsp;RES &nbsp;SHR S %CPU %MEM &nbsp; &nbsp;TIME+ &nbsp;COMMAND<br />
32423 root &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;25 &nbsp; 0 29.1g 9.9g &nbsp;67m S &nbsp; 27 15.9 713:03.83 MSTRSvr<br />
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Hi experts,

I don't undertand why the top command shows different numbers. For example for user CPU. this is being shown for an 8 CPU (dual core machine)

So for the process it shows %CPU 27 and it also shows Cpu(s):  1.8% us, (please see below). Any ideas why two numbers and why such a huge difference. 

Is the process running on one single CPU ???? 

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-bash-3.00$ top -p 32423
top - 11:56:02 up 35 days, 21:07,  7 users,  load average: 1.28, 1.23, 1.01
Tasks:   1 total,   0 running,   1 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
Cpu(s):  1.8% us,  1.5% sy,  0.0% ni, 96.6% id,  0.0% wa,  0.0% hi,  0.1% si
Mem:  65393576k total, 26331960k used, 39061616k free,   582372k buffers
Swap: 10241428k total,        0k used, 10241428k free, 14301132k cached

  PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
32423 root      25   0 29.1g 9.9g  67m S   27 15.9 713:03.83 MSTRSvr



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