[mythtv-users] Running MythTV backend as root

[freedenizen]

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 6:39 AM, Rob Wilson
<robwilson at robstechconsulting.co.uk> wrote:
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>  I have also noted that top is running at about
> 1.95 on a quad core processor.  I had seen this at greater than 10 in
> the past whereupon the whole server would require rebooting

That load seems high, greater than 10 way way too high.  What else is
running on the box?  What is your storage configuration.  My guess is
that you are running your OS/DB/Storage on one drive, and that load is
due to high ioWaits.