This graph shows how CPU time is spent. |
|
Field |
Internal name |
Type |
Warn |
Crit |
|
system |
system |
derive |
None |
None |
CPU time spent by the kernel in system activities |
user |
user |
derive |
None |
None |
CPU time spent by normal programs and daemons |
|
nice |
nice |
derive |
None |
None |
CPU time spent by nice(1)d programs |
idle |
idle |
derive |
None |
None |
Idle CPU time |
iowait |
iowait |
derive |
None |
None |
CPU time spent waiting for I/O operations to finish when there is nothing else to do. |
|
irq |
irq |
derive |
None |
None |
CPU time spent handling interrupts |
softirq |
softirq |
derive |
None |
None |
CPU time spent handling "batched" interrupts |
steal |
steal |
derive |
None |
None |
The time that a virtual CPU had runnable tasks, but the virtual CPU itself was not running |