cupsd consuming 15% of a CPU on client

[scott]

Is there anyone willing to take a stab at this question.  Does 15% of a 400Mhz PowerPC seem like a reasonable amount of CPU considering the configuration listed below.  Is there an error in my calculations?  Am I missing something?

-scotts

> Below is an abbreviated ps command, configuration information and some CPU usage calculations.  I am concerned from these calculations that my CPU usage on the client is too high.
>
> Less than 10 jobs are printed on each host per day.  (less 100 total for the entire system).  About 500 print queues are configured in the system. The cupsd (client mode) is consuming about 10% to 15% of one CPU on each host.
>
> Please review the data and advise if my configuration is correct and if my concerns warranted.
>
>
> HOSTNAME   CPU  MEM  VSIZE    RSS PRI    START   TIME COMMAND
> host01     0.0  0.0   2088   2076  20   Aug 08   2:45 cups-polld
> host01     0.0  0.0   2088   2092  20   Aug 08   2:44 cups-polld
> host01     0.0  0.0   9468   9392  20   Aug 08 3589:39 cupsd
> host02     0.0  0.0   2060   2064  20   Aug 02   3:53 cups-polld
> host02     0.0  0.0   2060   2064  20   Aug 02   3:54 cups-polld
> host02     0.0  0.0   9664   9772  20   Aug 02 4716:44 cupsd
> host03     0.0  0.0   2064   2080  20   Aug 02   2:10 cups-polld
> host03     0.0  0.0   2064   2080  20   Aug 02   2:21 cups-polld
> host03     0.0  0.0   9676   9820  20   Aug 02 4377:29 cupsd
> host04     0.0  0.0   2056   1684  20   Aug 02   0:29 cups-polld
> host04     0.0  0.0   2056   1684  20   Aug 02   0:30 cups-polld
> host04     0.0  0.0   9528   6128  20   Aug 02 3874:55 cupsd
> host05     0.0  0.0   2068   2084  20 01:56:47   0:02 cups-polld
> host05     0.0  0.0   2068   2084  20 01:56:47   0:03 cups-polld
> host05     0.0  0.0   9000   9144  20 01:56:32  42:56 cupsd
> host06     0.0  0.0   2064   2080  20   Aug 02   2:33 cups-polld
> host06     0.0  0.0   2064   2080  20   Aug 02   2:46 cups-polld
> host06     0.0  0.0   9520   9664  20   Aug 02 4401:52 cupsd
> host07     0.0  0.0   2088   2104  20   Aug 02   3:24 cups-polld
> host07     0.0  0.0   2088   2104  20   Aug 02   3:25 cups-polld
> host07     0.0  0.0   9440   9584  20   Aug 02 4387:24 cupsd
> host08     0.0  0.0   2068   2084  20   Aug 02   2:14 cups-polld
> host08     0.0  0.0   2068   2084  20   Aug 02   2:24 cups-polld
> host08     0.0  0.0   9460   9604  20   Aug 02 4326:59 cupsd
> host09     0.0  0.0   2068   1692  20   Aug 02   2:56 cups-polld
> host09     0.0  0.0   2068   1704  20   Aug 02   2:34 cups-polld
> host09     0.0  0.0  10048   6772  20   Aug 02 4342:16 cupsd
> host10     0.0  0.0   2068   2084  20   Aug 02   3:12 cups-polld
> host10     0.0  0.0   2068   2084  20   Aug 02   3:17 cups-polld
> host10     20.9 0.0   9428   9572  20   Aug 02 5369:15 cupsd
> server00   0.0  0.0  17684  10792   0   Aug 03 225:40 cupsd -c cups.conf
> server01   0.0  0.1  15744   8672   0   Aug 18  45:51 cupsd -c cups.conf
>
> hostXX machines are Power4 machines with 4 CPUS each running at 450Mhz.
> serverXX machines are Xeon 2.7GHz  with 4 and 2 CPUs respectively
>
>
>
> Calculation Examples
> =====================
> % bc -l
> 24*60*22                    *Minutes since cups was started
> 31680
> 3589/31680*100
> 11.32891414141414141400     *Percent CPU used on host01
> 4716/31680*100
> 14.88636363636363636300     *Percent CPU used on host02
>
>
> This CPU consumption seems high.  From the ps information you ca
>
>
> Server Configuration
> ===================
> ServerName server01
> AccessLog /var/log/cups/access_log
> ErrorLog /var/log/cups/error_log
> LogLevel info
> PageLog /var/log/cups/page_log
> Printcap /etc/opt/TWWfsw/cups1123/printcap
> PrintcapFormat BSD
> User lp
> Group lp
> RIPCache 512m
> Port 631
> MaxClients 1024
> MaxClientsPerHost 1024
> BrowseProtocols all
> BrowseInterval 300
> BrowseTimeout 14400
> SystemGroup lp
> <Location />
> Order Deny,Allow
> Deny From All
> Allow From All
> </Location>
> <Location /jobs>
> AuthType Basic
> AuthClass Group
> AuthGroupName lp
> </Location>
> <Location /admin>
> AuthType Basic
> AuthClass Group
> AuthGroupName lp
> </Location>
>
>
> Host (client) Configuration
> ============================
> PageLog /var/log/cups/page_log
> Printcap /etc/opt/TWWfsw/cups1123/printcap
> PrintcapFormat BSD
> Port 631
> KeepAliveTimeout 3600
> Timeout 3600
> Browsing On
> BrowseProtocols all
> BrowseInterval 900
> BrowsePoll server01
> BrowsePoll server02
> BrowsePort 631
> BrowseTimeout 21600
> ImplicitClasses On
> <Location />
> Order Deny,Allow
> Deny From All
> Allow From 127.0.0.1
> </Location>
>
>
>
> Thank you for reading and replying.
>
> -scotts
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