Analysis of CPU Usage Data Properties and their possible impact on Performance Monitoring
Author(s) -
Konstantin Stefanov,
Alexey A. Gradskov
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
supercomputing frontiers and innovations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2409-6008
pISSN - 2313-8734
DOI - 10.14529/jsfi160405
Subject(s) - computer science , central processing unit , cpu shielding , kernel (algebra) , linux kernel , operating system , source code , computer performance , code (set theory) , embedded system , programming language , mathematics , set (abstract data type) , combinatorics
CPU usage data (CPU user, system, iowait etc. load levels) are often the basic data used for performance monitoring. The source of these data is the operating system. In this paper we analyze some properties of CPU usage data provided by Linux kernel. We examine kernel source code and provide test results to find which level of accuracy and precision one may expect when using CPU load level data.
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