[Discuss] issue with mysql in a VM on Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS

[dsr at randomstring.org (Dan Ritter)]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 08:51:40AM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> Essentially this is in a virtual machine (probably Microsoft) He has 6 CPUs
> assigned to the Ubuntu VM. Not sure of the memory. On occasion all the CPUs
> are pegged at 100%. I've asked him for some additional details, such as
> memory configuration, physical server configuration, and if he can run top
> or some other tools.
> 

Without any further diagnostics, the problem is insoluble.

However, I would bet a shiny nickel it has to do with I/O more
than CPU.

-dsr-