# Too many packets in event queue, pausing **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [March 5, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/too-many-packets-in-event-queue-pausing/730 "2014-03-05T10:50:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/system/32/447_2.png) [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/too-many-packets-in-event-queue-pausing/730/1 "2014-03-05T10:50:32Z")
Hi … I have some questions about new Wowza Streaming Engine I think new Wowza Streaming Engine is using a lot of CPU in one of my server I have 3 server, server 1 and server 2 with Wowza 3.6.4 … in server 1 I have 580 user watching live streaming + DVR CPU 81% ```auto PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 12065 root 20 0 12.7g 4.1g 13m S 81.8 12.9 2221:21 java ``` Server 2 (wowza 3.6.4) I have 250 users watching live streaming + DVR CPU: 23% ```auto PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 28152 root 20 0 6791m 375m 6880 S 23.4 2.4 8088:40 java ``` But in server 3 with Wowza Streaming Engine Dell Dual Intel Xeon 5520 CentOS 64 bit 72GB RAM Primary Disk: 120GB SSD Im only have 120 users watching live streaming + DVR and my CPU is 530% !!! ```auto PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 2179 root 20 0 15.2g 3.4g 14m S 531.2 4.7 2369:05 java ``` I already set the Wowza for Production level In my error log i got this: ```auto WARN server comment 2014-03-05 12:16:33 - - - - - 705742.223 - - - - - - - - LiveStreamDvrRecorderBase.addPacketizerEvent: Too many packets in event queue, pausing, errorCount:0 events:10001 lastEventTC:1394043381966 eventCount:279735 processingEvent:true WARN server comment 2014-03-05 12:16:37 - - - - - 705746.61 - - - - - - - - LiveStreamDvrRecorderBase.addPacketizerEvent: Too many packets in event queue, pausing, errorCount:250 events:10001 lastEventTC:1394043381966 eventCount:279735 processingEvent:true WARN server comment 2014-03-05 12:16:37 - - - - - 705746.644 - - - - - - - - LiveStreamDvrRecorderBase.addPacketizerEvent: Too many packets in event queue, pausing, errorCount:500 events:10001 lastEventTC:1394043381966 eventCount:279735 processingEvent:true WARN server comment 2014-03-05 12:16:46 - - - - - 705754.992 - - - - - - - - LiveStreamDvrRecorderBase.addPacketizerEvent: Too many packets in event queue, pausing, errorCount:0 events:10001 lastEventTC:1394043400748 eventCount:280542 processingEvent:true WARN server comment 2014-03-05 12:16:50 - - - - - 705759.336 - - - - - - - - LiveStreamDvrRecorderBase.addPacketizerEvent: Too many packets in event queue, pausing, errorCount:250 events:10001 lastEventTC:1394043400748 eventCount:280542 processingEvent:true WARN server comment 2014-03-05 12:16:58 - - - - - 705766.91 - - - - - - - - LiveStreamDvrRecorderBase.addPacketizerEvent: Too many packets in event queue, pausing, errorCount:500 events:10001 lastEventTC:1394043400748 eventCount:280542 processingEvent:true WARN server comment 2014-03-05 12:17:13 - - - - - 705782.107 - - - - - - - - LiveStreamDvrRecorderBase.addPacketizerEvent: Too many packets in event queue, pausing, errorCount:0 events:10001 lastEventTC:1394043421379 eventCount:281082 processingEvent:true WARN server comment 2014-03-05 12:17:29 - - - - - 705798.131 - - - - - - - - LiveStreamDvrRecorderBase.addPacketizerEvent: Too many packets in event queue, pausing, errorCount:0 events:10001 lastEventTC:1394043438283 eventCount:281885 processingEvent:true WARN server comment 2014-03-05 12:17:41 - - - - - 705810.743 - - - - - - - - LiveStreamDvrRecorderBase.addPacketizerEvent: Too many packets in event queue, pausing, errorCount:0 events:10001 lastEventTC:1394043455373 eventCount:282692 processingEvent:true WARN server comment 2014-03-05 12:17:43 - - - - - 705812.498 - - - - - - - - LiveStreamDvrRecorderBase.addPacketizerEvent: Too many packets in event queue, pausing, errorCount:250 events:10001 lastEventTC:1394043455373 eventCount:282692 processingEvent:true WARN server comment 2014-03-05 12:17:47 - - - - - 705816.047 - - - - - - - - LiveStreamDvrRecorderBase.addPacketizerEvent: Too many packets in event queue, pausing, errorCount:500 events:10001 lastEventTC:1394043455373 eventCount:282692 processingEvent:true WARN server comment 2014-03-05 12:17:50 - - - - - 705819.016 - - - - - - - - LiveStreamDvrRecorderBase.addPacketizerEvent: Too many packets in event queue, pausing, errorCount:750 events:10001 lastEventTC:1394043455373 eventCount:282692 processingEvent:true WARN server comment 2014-03-05 12:17:51 - - - - - 705820.499 - - - - - - - - LiveStreamDvrRecorderBase.addPacketizerEvent: Too many packets in event queue, pausing, errorCount:1000 events:10001 lastEventTC:1394043455373 eventCount:282692 processingEvent:true WARN server comment 2014-03-05 12:17:53 - - - - - 705822.058 - - - - - - - - LiveStreamDvrRecorderBase.addPacketizerEvent: Too many packets in event queue, pausing, errorCount:1250 events:10001 lastEventTC:1394043455373 eventCount:282692 processingEvent:true ``` I’m only have 2 application with DVR in this server … so can u help me ? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/too-many-packets-in-event-queue-pausing/730/2 "2014-03-12T21:49:16Z")
Hi, sorry for the delay, Are there any preceding ERROR lines? Have you perhaps manually deleted some of the DVR store? It does seem to be DVR related, [this post for reference](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/38089) What is the current state of this problem? Richard ---
**Author:** ![Andres\_Lopezvictoria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Andres\_Lopezvictoria](https://community.wowza.com/u/Andres_Lopezvictoria)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 10:56am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/too-many-packets-in-event-queue-pausing/730/3 "2014-03-20T10:56:35Z")
Hi Everything is fine now !!! Thks !