100% CPU in dashboard, 15% in HTOP


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I asked almost the exact question yesterday but was using top instead of htop.  The response on /r/unraid was "Top does not include IOWAIT while dashboard does.  You can always Install netdata where you can see this type of data."

 

I personally think the CPU data in the dashboard is misleading but I'm a total noob so I might just be dumb.

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I agree it is somewhat misleading but the dashboard cpu meter in my view is intended to show if there's a problem. If you do have very high i/o wait then that's almost certainly an issue, and thus it's displayed - to warn you.

It might be nice to have a toggle so you could see the actual cpu load, but this can also be done through the system stats plugin. Or just using top.

Just my two cents,

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Guys, have you read the article? IOWAIT is the same as IDLE.

It just indicates, that it is idling because of HDD.

If you start some heavy transconding, it will grab all the IOWAIT cpu time.

 

If users suspects any system slow down, they would look into netdata dashboard anyway.

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