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Need to reduce Java application's CPU utilization
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Apr 21, 2008 9:27 PM
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Hi,
I wrote a Java application for creating search indexes. When run, this application utilizes almost 100% of CPU until it ends. This application performs lots of IO operations. I need to reduce its CPU usage to about 50-60% sacrificing the speed (i.e., it is fine if it takes an extra 10-15 minutes to finish).
So far, I tried changing different Java HotSpot VM options but still couldn't reduce the CPU usage.
"ps -p PID -o pid,nlwp" shows me that the applications NLWP is 13.
Could any one offer advice regarding reducing CPU usage?
Thanks for any help,
Jon
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Re: Need to reduce Java application's CPU utilization
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Apr 22, 2008 2:08 AM
in response to: garnet4
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Sleep for 100ms every 200ms.
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Re: Need to reduce Java application's CPU utilization
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Apr 22, 2008 11:56 AM
in response to: mthornton
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I would benchmark the code against Lucene and, if Lucene is more efficient, replace the code with Luncene's index build and search.
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Re: Need to reduce Java application's CPU utilization
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Apr 23, 2008 2:31 AM
in response to: garnet4
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Usually if application does a lot of IO, then it can't use 100% CPU, because it is waiting for IO completion. Also it would be better to run your application in lower priority, if CPU utilization is a problem. Adding extra sleeps or delays does not sound like a solution. If CPU is there, why not use it to the full?
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Re: Need to reduce Java application's CPU utilization
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Apr 23, 2008 1:45 PM
in response to: fuerte2
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Actually, if an application is truly I/O bound, a sleep (even a short one) can be fairly effective. Apps like this often wait for the I/O to complete in a tight spin loop. It is the spin loop which consumes all of the CPU resources doing nothing. A Thread.sleep(1) in the middle of that loop can reduce the CPU drastically without much impact on the application performance. A longer sleep than 1 ms can reduce it even further.
Of course, if the CPU is actually working that hard on real stuff, not spinning in a loop waiting for I/O to complete, you won't see as dramatic an effect.
Either way, it's an easy check to do.
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Re: Need to reduce Java application's CPU utilization
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Apr 24, 2008 3:44 PM
in response to: sarobenalt
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> Apps like this often wait for the I/O to complete in
> a tight spin loop. It is the spin loop which consumes
> all of the CPU resources doing nothing.
Sorry, but I don't know any app that does ugly stuff like this.
At least tradidional blocking IO solves all of those problems 
lg Clemens
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