<Forrest after Kara>
Hi Kara,
    For a well informed discussion of the MI on MPE/iX please
follow the subject of this HP300-L archives URL..

 http://raven.utc.edu/cgi-bin/WA.EXE?A2=ind9902A&L=hp3000-l&P=R13551

                                 Eric Sand
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> We are running SOS from Lund, and I, wondering the same question, started
> Glance while watching it in SOS.  The CPU usage at its peek during startup
> was only about 13%.  After startup the CPU dropped to an average of about
> 2%.  SOS uses much less and we love it.  Their support people are awesome
> too.  I have never used scope but hopefully this helps you with your
> Glance
> question.  BTW this was on a 996-400.
>
> Forrest Smith
> Systems Manager
> Reviewco
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> MMRI CS ListServ <[log in to unmask]> on 07/16/99 08:51:52 AM
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> cc:    (bcc: Forrest Smith/IS/FHM/FHS)
> Subject:  Resources consumed by Measurement Interface?
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> How much of system resources do you believe to be utilized by running the
> Scope Collector and Glance?  I've been told by a couple different
> performance specialists (who sell alternatives to HP's performance
> measurement software) that the Measurement Interface that runs behind
> Scope
> and Glance takes from 20-30% of system resources.  When I spoke to HP,
> they
> said no, it takes only a nominal amount of resources.  The tech agreed
> that
> when you start Glance, that it does take significant resources, but only
> for
> a short time.
>
> We're planning to do some bench-marking this weekend, but I was curious as
> to what others have found.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kara