[ale] cpu load 8.5 on usb to usb move

[Geoffrey Myers]

James Sumners wrote:
> Most of the USB transfer work is done on your processor. It's really
> that simple.

I understand that.  Why is it that the load average is so high, yet the 
'mv' process shows 8-11% cpu?

> 
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Geoffrey Myers
> <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>> I'd really like for someone to explain to me why it is when I attempt to
>> move a large directory (31g) from one usb device to another, it pushes
>> my load average up so much:
>>
>> load average: 8.08, 5.82, 3.25
>>
>> Yet the mv process is consuming 11.6% of my cpu.
>>
>> --
>> Until later, Geoffrey
> 
> 
> 


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Until later, Geoffrey

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