Redhat...What is migration/0 etc when I run top

Rigler, Stephen C. srigler at marathonoil.com
Fri Feb 11 18:51:51 UTC 2005


On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 11:36 -0700, Travis Zadikem wrote:
> Can someone please explain to me what these are and what they do?   I am
> trying
> to turn off as many services as possible to get the best speed on my Red Hat
> ES server.
>  2 root      RT   0     0    0     0 SW    0.0  0.0   0:00   0 migration/0
>     3 root      RT   0     0    0     0 SW    0.0  0.0   0:00   1
> migration/1
>     4 root      RT   0     0    0     0 SW    0.0  0.0   0:00   2
> migration/2
>     5 root      RT   0     0    0     0 SW    0.0  0.0   0:00   3
> migration/3
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Travis
> 

AFAIK, it's a kernel process and directly related to the number of CPU's
you have.  Guessing by your output you either have 4 cpu's or 2 with
hyperthreading.  It's not something you can turn off, nor would you want
to.

-Steve




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