# "convert" process eating CPU

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**Created:** [November 5, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-process-eating-cpu/101309 "2018-11-05T14:02:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![bartv](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bartv/32/130052_2.png) [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 11:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-process-eating-cpu/101309/9 "2019-02-26T11:00:19Z")

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This is odd as the convert process runs at a very low priority. I had this setting cranked way up and had our 12 core server maxed out on CPU for close to two weeks without any noticeable slowdown. Is your server short on RAM, or do you have a very slow hard disk?

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