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>>> "Jignesh K. Shah" <J.K.Shah@Sun.COM> wrote: 
> usr sys  wt idl sze
>  38  11   0  50  64
 
The fact that you're maxing out at 50% CPU utilization has me
wondering -- are there really 64 CPUs here, or are there 32 CPUs with
"hyperthreading" technology (or something conceptually similar)?
 
-Kevin