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surfmanjoe
09-15-2004, 11:24 AM
I enter TOP command on linux server got some about CPU utility. I don't know what user does mean in here? I got a very high user usage, like more than 30%, sometimes got 60%, others usage are lower than 1%, any reason for that? Thanks.

amc-james
09-15-2004, 11:43 AM
that is the percentage of CPU usage by "user" processes, as opposed to "system" processes.