On Jun 18, 2013, at 12:22 PM, John Reiser <jreiser@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> If I try to do this in KVM (2x CPU), I see gnome-shell taking 5%, X not even displayed in top, and all CPU power going to rsync (2x 10%) and loop3 (80%). > > Please tell us how much virtual RAM was allocated to the KVM instance. > loop3 at 80% CPU for long periods is page thrashing: re-decompressing > parts of the ".exe" over and over because the resulting pages > are discarded too quickly. I have the same issue with loop3 on baremetal, it's variable between 45-80% CPU. 4GB RAM on that computer. Chris Murphy -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test