identify i/o process

Ansar Mohammed ansarm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Tue May 1 21:12:54 UTC 2007


wouldnt top be a better tool?

On 5/1/07, Jose <jose-vS8X3Ji+8Wg6e3DpGhMbh2oLBQzVVOGK at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> Ian Petersen wrote:
> > On 5/1/07, Jose <jose-vS8X3Ji+8Wg6e3DpGhMbh2oLBQzVVOGK at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >> I am having problem with a server, ti slows down and the disk i/o goes
> >> to 100%, I couldn't figure out how to run ps to allow me to see which
> >> process is the one giving me the trouble, does anybody know how to
> >> identify process doing lots of disk i/o?
> >
> > I don't know how to answer your question, but have you considered
> > alternatives?  Is there enough RAM in the system?  Maybe you've
> > overloaded it and it's swapping.  Is there free space available on on
> > the mounted filesystems?  I discovered the hard way that a filesystem
> > can slow down to glacial speeds if it's experiencing space pressure
> > because it's almost full.
> >
> > Ian
> >
> Hi Ian,
>
> Cpu was almost none, RAM was up to 90/95%, but that's normal on that
> system.
> space is up to 80% on most drives but not close to be full, swap was up
> to 40% at the most when that happen.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jose
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