https://community.netapp.com/t5/Cloud-Volumes-ONTAP/ONTAP-Cloud-Utilization-Question/m-p/119916#M6 <P>Cloud ONTAP does not perform the halt CPU instruction when idle and this makes Cloud ONTAP’s idle thread appear to be using 100% CPU. Performance measurements found that performing the halt instruction when idle had a definite impact on total IOPS for various tests<BR />&nbsp;<BR />NetApp recommends viewing Cloud ONTAP’s CPU consumption using the sysstat command</P> Fri, 03 Jun 2016 18:27:11 GMT ashrut 2016-06-03T18:27:11Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/Cloud-Volumes-ONTAP/ONTAP-Cloud-Utilization-Question/m-p/119871#M5 <P>Why does my cloud watch metric show 100% utilization even though ONTAP Cloud is sitting idle?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <DIV class="messageBox">&nbsp;</DIV> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 20:38:19 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Cloud-Volumes-ONTAP/ONTAP-Cloud-Utilization-Question/m-p/119871#M5 CloudFan1 2025-06-04T20:38:19Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/Cloud-Volumes-ONTAP/ONTAP-Cloud-Utilization-Question/m-p/119916#M6 <P>Cloud ONTAP does not perform the halt CPU instruction when idle and this makes Cloud ONTAP’s idle thread appear to be using 100% CPU. Performance measurements found that performing the halt instruction when idle had a definite impact on total IOPS for various tests<BR />&nbsp;<BR />NetApp recommends viewing Cloud ONTAP’s CPU consumption using the sysstat command</P> Fri, 03 Jun 2016 18:27:11 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Cloud-Volumes-ONTAP/ONTAP-Cloud-Utilization-Question/m-p/119916#M6 ashrut 2016-06-03T18:27:11Z