Help,
We are running an Alpha 2100 A500MP server with 1.5 GB RAM, 2 - 350 MHz
processors,
13. GB swap. It is on a 10 Mbit network (soon to go on a 100 Mbit line).
We run a cpu intensive Engineering Application (ANSYS) which sometimes requires
high
system resources for large finite element structural models. The users X into
the Alpha
server thru Exceed 6.1 from a Compaq AP550 workstation under WIN/NT 4.0 with
service
pack 5 and display the results back to their NT workstation.
The problem is: There have been short periods of time like 5-10 minutes
when
the response from the Alpha server has slowed down to an
unbearable
level both at the users Compaq workstation as well as at the
Alpha console.
I realize that the network can be the culprit when X'ing into
and from the
Alpha server when the network servers are in a redundant mode
but the
main question is, what are some of the probable causes for the
slow response
at the Alpha console besides maybe a job requiring high system
resources
and what is the best way to look at the
system when it is responding so slowly
to diagnose the reason for the slow response.
TIA,
Alan Beardsley
Raytheon
CAE/Computer Aided Engineering
50 Apple Hill Drive
Tewksbury, MA 01876
Email: Alan_G_Beardsley_at_raytheon.com
Received on Tue Jan 30 2001 - 20:08:16 NZDT