> Because if I have a machine pegging 90% CPU, I totally want an i/o heavy job running on that machine, because interrupts are, like, imaginary, man. Yeah, i'm

> Because if I have a machine pegging 90% CPU, I totally want an i/o heavy job running on that machine, because interrupts are, like, imaginary, man. Yeah, i'm sure the machine's utilization goes up... right up to triple-digit load. They're clearly tracking their own latency and reliability and comparing it to their availability goals - there's numbers right in the article, so I would think they would notice this and handle it somehow. So I guess either they're lying in the presentation, or your sarcasm is targeted towards a problem you conjured up on you end for your personal satisfaction.