On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:16:57 +0100, Mitja wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Steffan Davies wrote: > > From "man top": > > > > wa -- iowait > > Amount of time the CPU has been waiting for I/O to complete. > Ups, I've checked the man pages but I guess I missed this line. > > Something is doing lots of IO (probably disk IO). Have a look at the > > output of iostat (part of the sysstat package) to find out a little > > more about what sort of activity is going on. > > This usually happens after NFS connection crash. So far I repaired it > by rebooting, but next time I will try what you suggested. ..also chk your disks for io errors, recent disks have s.m.a.r.t logs which you can chk and monitor to help spot dying disks earlier. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
