hb.set_max_disk(Persist.getIce().getTotalSpace());
// get cpu utilization for the system and for this process. (linux only.)
LinuxProcFileReader lpfr = new LinuxProcFileReader();
lpfr.read();
if (lpfr.valid()) {
hb._system_idle_ticks = lpfr.getSystemIdleTicks();
hb._system_total_ticks = lpfr.getSystemTotalTicks();
hb._process_total_ticks = lpfr.getProcessTotalTicks();
hb._process_num_open_fds = lpfr.getProcessNumOpenFds();
}