[SunHELP] what do CPU utilization figures actually measure

[fabio]

Grindell, Joan M. wrote:

>I would have thought that CPU utilization measure the time the CPU was
>active.  I've been told by a couple of sources that CPU utilization is a
>combination of wait for I/O, CPU usage and something else.
>
>Can anyone tell me what CPU utilization actually represents on a Solaris
>system.  If I remember correctly from my mainframe days i/o waits were not
>considered part of CPU utilization.  
>
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The CPU on Solaris OS just compute LWP, the process can have several 
states, like blocked, waiting, suspended, ready, etc.

Also, some architectures, allow the cpu to move data from disks to 
memory without its interaction.

Where do you see the "cpu utilization" that you are talking about? 
cpustat, top, prstat ?

fabio.