000-221 · Question #211
Based on the following topas output, what is the most cause for concern?
The correct answer is C. CPU allocation. The topas output indicates that CPU allocation is the most critical concern, suggesting the LPAR may be capped or under-provisioned relative to its workload demand.
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Based on the following topas output, what is the most cause for concern?
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- AI/O Wait
- BPaging activity
- CCPU allocation
- DStorage write latency
How the community answered
(37 responses)- A3% (1)
- B11% (4)
- C84% (31)
- D3% (1)
Why each option
The topas output indicates that CPU allocation is the most critical concern, suggesting the LPAR may be capped or under-provisioned relative to its workload demand.
The I/O wait percentage shown in the topas output is not at a level that would constitute the primary performance bottleneck compared to the CPU allocation issue.
Paging activity metrics in the output do not indicate a critical memory shortage that would rank above the CPU allocation concern.
In a shared processor LPAR environment, topas exposes CPU entitlement utilization and capping indicators that reveal whether a partition is consuming its full allocation or being throttled. When CPU allocation shows the LPAR is consistently hitting or exceeding its entitlement cap, application throughput and response time are directly degraded in a way that cannot be self-corrected by the workload. This makes CPU allocation the highest-priority item to investigate and remediate compared to the other metrics shown.
Storage write latency is not surfaced at an alarming threshold in the displayed topas output and is therefore a lower priority than the CPU allocation metric.
Concept tested: AIX topas CPU entitlement and allocation analysis
Source: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.2?topic=t-topas-command
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