[p4] P4 monitor and task clog?

[Jeff Desharnais]

Hello,

When running a p4 monitor show the following appears:

p4 monitor show

  264 R user1   1407:12:14 sync
  276 R user2     332:07:11 fstat
  372 R user3   1655:09:47 fstat
  696 R user4     255:34:38 sync
  736 R user5    1655:34:55 sync
 1072 R user6      647:23:15 changes
 1192 R user7     1771:28:05 sync
 1240 R user8   332:03:43 fstat
 1424 R user9     255:29:18 fstat
 1524 R user10    647:21:23 fstat
 1684 R user11 647:16:26 fstat
 1844 R user12    332:08:55 fstat
 1864 R user13  332:02:02 fstat
 2576 R user14  332:08:43 fstat
 2752 R user15    00:05:26 sync
 2832 R user16   00:00:00 monitor
 3360 R user17  331:51:54 fstat
 3656 R user18   332:03:44 fstat
 3876 R user19      00:21:35 sync
 5924 R user20   00:00:21 sync
 6008 R user21   331:52:02 fstat

I have removed the users names just for privacy purposes.

Is it normal to have this many processes running this long, or is this a
form of backlog?

Thanks,

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Jeff Desharnais
IT Specialist
Mad Doc Software
100 Burtt Rd., Suite 220
Andover, MA  01810
(978) 409-6272 Ext. 132