-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/22/08 11:01, Mag Gam wrote: > Ok, so in theory assuming no processes use hd resources then there > should be no HD activity.
Swap. Even if you have adequate memory, Linux will occasionally move things to swap space. Of course, you can disable swap... > On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 11:36 AM, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Mag Gam <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > This is more of a theoretical Unix question, > > > > When there are no users on the system, the system is idle, would > there still > > be I/O activity on the root disks? > > > > If so, what processes will be doing the I/O ? > > Depends entirely on what services you have running, crontab jobs, etc. > > If you have 0 services installed then there should be no harddrive > activity after booting. > > You can check this with vmstat - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkheeQQACgkQS9HxQb37XmdJOACfYKXm20gZ757+J6D6DhzsFhuS sZUAoKMUJskELIWpehRVyCrlqBxR2UM3 =vBpP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
