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zoltar
zoltar

Reputation: 736

Google Compute Engine CPU usage stuck at 30%

I'm running one instance of 2 vCPUs, 1.8 GB. I'm trying to use more computing power but am stuck at 30% and can't find any usage quota for CPU usage, on number of CPUs I can use. Is there a way to use all 100%, or at least more than 30%?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1173

Answers (2)

poke19962008
poke19962008

Reputation: 723

there can be a possibility that you have not configured the ulimit max proc configuration for the user which the process is grouped under. To check the ulimit for the user switch to the user you wanna checkout then use ulimit -n. if you see it lower than the expected then you can change the limit from /etc/security/limits.conf For more detailed information you can refer: link

Upvotes: 0

bulgaru
bulgaru

Reputation: 116

My VMs may have daily spikes to 100% of CPU usage or even more, depending on the traffic i'm getting. There is no cap at 30%. The cap of 100% starts after several minutes of exceeding the 100% cap. So the system is quite flexible.

As for being stuck at 30%, it may be a script running on the server that's consuming exactly this amount of processing power. It's very hard to assess why this is happening not knowing the nature or the scope of your VM.

If you think 30% shouldn't be there, it may be the case that you have a zombie process. Use the top command to check the processes running.

Upvotes: 6

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