Troubleshooting High I/O Wait in Linux
Linux has many tools available for troubleshooting some are easy to use, some are more advanced. I/O Wait is an issue that requires use of some of the more advanced tools as well as an advanced usage of some of the basic tools. The reason I/O Wait is difficult to troubleshoot is due to the fact that by default there are plenty of tools to tell you that your system is I/O bound, but not as many that can narrow the problem to a specific process or processes. Answering whether or not I/O is causing system slowness To identify whether I/O is causing system slowness you can use several commands but the easiest is the unix command top. # top top – 14:31:20 up 35 min, 4 users, load average: 2.25, 1.74, 1.68 Tasks: 71 total, 1 running, 70 sleeping, 0… Leggi tuttoTroubleshooting High I/O Wait in Linux