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I/O is the problem, not CPU

I/O is the problem, not CPU

Posted Nov 20, 2010 18:16 UTC (Sat) by mfedyk (guest, #55303)
In reply to: I/O is the problem, not CPU by job
Parent article: TTY-based group scheduling

I peg my cpu with firefox all of the time, and I have a dual core 64 bit cpu. firefox also manages to use all 4 gb and full up swap until I get my tab count down to about 200 or so.

btw, chrome does the same with memory at about 50 tabs...


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