In article <[log in to unmask]>,
 [log in to unmask] (Robert E. Williams, Jr.) writes:
> In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask]
> wrote:
>
>> Thse VAX (on node SEA) and the POP server appear to be running very slow
>> tonight.  Was there any large batch files running that could have been a
> cause?
>> Just wondering if anyone else had similar problems.
>
> Slow? I wouldn't use that to describe it. The POP server seems to be just
> outright dead yet again, though interactive login seems to be doing okay
> (I'm forced to use it to read my incoming mail :-| ). Last night, vx1 was
> crawling for a while, and the night before it was so slow that it was
> unusable (it took over ten minutes to do a finger). I can't seem to figure
> out why these problems always develop after Kent has long gone home and
> won't be around to fix it until morning (though so far it's been fixed
> every time by the time my computer starts itself up and checks my mail for
> me at 9AM :-).
>
> Kent, is there any indication yet what keeps causing all these problems?
 
Actually, this is the first I've heard of this nighttime problem.  If you
can give me information about the times that it's happening, I'll try to
track down the cause.
 
You may be able to see the cause yourself.  If you issue the following
command at the $ prompt:
 
    $ MON PROCESS/TOPCPU
 
you'll see a real-time display of the top CPU-using processes.  This may
give an indication of who/what is causing the problem.  I don't know that
this will help you, but it may take some of the mystery out of the problem.
 
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                                     Kent Covert, Software Coordinator
                                     Miami Computing and Information Services
                                     Miami University, Oxford, OH
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