Return-Path: Delivered-To: 2-oracle-l@orafaq.com Received: (qmail 22379 invoked from network); 22 Sep 2008 11:54:51 -0500 Received: from freelists-180.iquest.net (HELO turing.freelists.org) (206.53.239.180) by air964.startdedicated.com with SMTP; 22 Sep 2008 11:54:51 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 44DB19F99A8; Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:54:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 12125-01; Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:54:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing.freelists.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id AE8369F8DBF; Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:54:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:52:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 9EFCF9F9850 for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:52:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 11746-02 for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:52:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from NT15.oneneck.corp (dot092host.oneneck.net [63.226.42.92]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 5A3AC9F838C for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:52:51 -0400 (EDT) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C91CD3.A69FBB7F" Subject: RE: ps command to find the top cpu in aix Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:52:50 -0700 Message-ID: <04DDF147ED3A0D42B48A48A18D574C450D67E411@NT15.oneneck.corp> In-Reply-To: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: ps command to find the top cpu in aix References: From: "Allen, Brandon" To: , X-archive-position: 10991 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-to: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: Brandon.Allen@OneNeck.com Precedence: normal Reply-to: Brandon.Allen@OneNeck.com List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: oracle-l X-List-ID: oracle-l List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at localhost.localdomain ------_=_NextPart_001_01C91CD3.A69FBB7F Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Topas is showing you the current activity, i.e. who has consumed the most CPU over the last 2 seconds (default interval), while ps is showing you the cumulative activity, i.e. which processes have consumed the most CPU over their lifetime. =20 Regards, Brandon ------_=_NextPart_001_01C91CD3.A69FBB7F Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Topas is showing you the current activity, i.e. who has = consumed the most CPU over the last 2 seconds (default interval), while ps is = showing you the cumulative activity, i.e. which processes have consumed the most = CPU over their lifetime.

Regards,

Brandon

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