I've installed Alfresco 4.2.b on an Ubuntu 11.10 server and made no customizations.
It it is running fine, but there are two problems: one that shows up in a log file and one that shows up in the system CPU usage.
Every 15 seconds, there are about 26 to 30 messages similar to the following written to /opt/alfresco-4.2.b/tomcat/logs/localhost_access_log.2012-11-05.txt:
127.0.0.1 - CN=Alfresco Repository Client, OU=Unknown, O=Alfresco Software Ltd., L=Maidenhead, ST=UK, C=GB [05/Nov/2012:10:17:00 -0700] "GET /alfresco/service/api/solr/aclchangesets?fromTime=1352135346466&toTime=1352142546466&maxResults=2000 HTTP/1.1" 200 127
127.0.0.1 - CN=Alfresco Repository Client, OU=Unknown, O=Alfresco Software Ltd., L=Maidenhead, ST=UK, C=GB [05/Nov/2012:10:17:00 -0700] "GET /alfresco/service/api/solr/transactions?fromCommitTime=1352131717842&toCommitTime=1352135317842&maxResults=2000 HTTP/1.1" 200 3281
127.0.0.1 - CN=Alfresco Repository Client, OU=Unknown, O=Alfresco Software Ltd., L=Maidenhead, ST=UK, C=GB [05/Nov/2012:10:17:00 -0700] "GET /alfresco/service/api/solr/transactions?fromCommitTime=1352133416770&toCommitTime=1352137016770&maxResults=2000 HTTP/1.1" 200 246
127.0.0.1 - CN=Alfresco Repository Client, OU=Unknown, O=Alfresco Software Ltd., L=Maidenhead, ST=UK, C=GB [05/Nov/2012:10:17:00 -0700] "GET /alfresco/service/api/solr/transactions?fromCommitTime=1352137016770&toCommitTime=1352144216770&maxResults=2000 HTTP/1.1" 200 115
127.0.0.1 - CN=Alfresco Repository Client, OU=Unknown, O=Alfresco Software Ltd., L=Maidenhead, ST=UK, C=GB [05/Nov/2012:10:17:15 -0700] "POST /alfresco/service/api/solr/modelsdiff HTTP/1.1" 200 37
The second problem is that after the tomcat server is started and finished initializing and is running idle, it consumes about 1% of the CPU - which seems normal. However, as soon as I log into Alfresco Share, the CPU usage jumps to 10% and stays there until I shut the server down. Logging out of the server and closing the web page has no effect on the CPU usage - it's still at 10%.
Is anyone else seeing these problems or know how to resolve them?