# Context Switches Per Second Exceeds

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/context-switches-per-second-exceeds/24953>\
**Category:** SUSE Multi Linux Manager\
**Created:** [January 5, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/context-switches-per-second-exceeds/24953 "2014-01-05T16:57:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![romanperaltasanchez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@romanperaltasanchez](https://forums.suse.com/u/romanperaltasanchez)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/context-switches-per-second-exceeds/24953/1 "2014-01-05T16:57:02Z")

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Context Switches Per Second [Red]  
2737162 meets or exceeds 10000

#==[Top 10 CPU Processes]=========================#  
%CPU PID USER CMD  
3.7 20 root [ksoftirqd/8]  
3.2 6 root [ksoftirqd/1]  
2.6 8 root [ksoftirqd/2]  
2.3 24139 root /bin/bash /sbin/supportconfig  
1.9 14 root [ksoftirqd/5]  
1.9 10 root [ksoftirqd/3]  
1.7 12 root [ksoftirqd/4]  
1.6 4 root [ksoftirqd/0]  
1.3 22 root [ksoftirqd/9]  
1.2 32 root [ksoftirqd/14]  
1.2 18 root [ksoftirqd/7]

Please advise how to resolve this issue as the server Sporadically rebooting.

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**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/context-switches-per-second-exceeds/24953/2 "2014-01-05T17:16:45Z")

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> [@](#):
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> On Sun 05 Jan 2014 03:04:01 PM CST, romanperaltasanchez wrote:
> 
> Context Switches Per Second [Red]  
> 2737162 meets or exceeds 10000
> 
> #==[Top 10 CPU Processes]=========================#  
> %CPU PID USER CMD  
> 3.7 20 root [ksoftirqd/8]  
> 3.2 6 root [ksoftirqd/1]  
> 2.6 8 root [ksoftirqd/2]  
> 2.3 24139 root /bin/bash /sbin/supportconfig  
> 1.9 14 root [ksoftirqd/5]  
> 1.9 10 root [ksoftirqd/3]  
> 1.7 12 root [ksoftirqd/4]  
> 1.6 4 root [ksoftirqd/0]  
> 1.3 22 root [ksoftirqd/9]  
> 1.2 32 root [ksoftirqd/14]  
> 1.2 18 root [ksoftirqd/7]
> 
> Please advise how to resolve this issue as the server Sporadically  
> rebooting.

Hi  
And this is on a SUSE Manager system? If you just monitor with vmstat 5,  
is there something being performed when you see cs increase?

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