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# 1  
Old 03-11-2008
top output
Hi all, below is the output of my 'top'
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Tasks:  91 total,   2 running,  89 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
Cpu(s):  3.9% us, 20.5% sy,  0.0% ni, 75.6% id,  0.0% wa,  0.0% hi,  0.0% si

Can someone tell me what does us, sy,ni,id,wa,hi,si stands stand for?
# 2  
Old 03-11-2008
us -> user processes
sy -> System processes
id -> ideal


For remaining stuffs, I am not sure..May some other poss wil help us both in learning it.

Regards,
Ramkrix
# 3  
Old 03-11-2008
I got it

us -> User
sy -> system
ni -> nice
id -> idle
wa -> iowait
hi -> H/w interrupt requests
si -> S/w interrupt requests
# 4  
Old 03-11-2008
From my output
Code:
Cpu(s):  3.9% us, 20.5% sy,  0.0% ni, 75.6% id,  0.0% wa,  0.0% hi,  0.0% si

Does it mean 75% of my CPU is idling,while user's process are taking 3.9% and system processing at taking up 20.5% of the CPU's resources?
# 5  
Old 03-11-2008
Yes, that is what it means
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