Spotlight on Oracle 10.8 - Getting Started Guide

Windows CPU Alarm

The Windows CPU alarm is activated when the average CPU utilization of the system (taken over a specific number of refresh intervals; the default is four) exceeds a threshold. Sustained high CPU utilization can adversely effect the performance of the system.

When this alarm is current, you should:

• Look at the Processes page on the Processes drilldown to see which Windows process is consuming the CPU.
• Consider upgrading to a faster CPU or adding processors to your system.

• Look at the Summary page on the Memory drilldown to see if there is a high paging rate. High paging rate can cause inflated CPU utilization.

  If this is the case, adding more memory to the system may overcome the problem.

Related Topics

Processes Page

Summary Page