(1) Yes, I am using rrd, but I had the same problem
even if I turned it off.

(2) It was not swapping. si and so were zero, but bi
and bo were like 300 as I recalled.

Below is the vmstat using with the faster hard drive:
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap--
-----io---- --system-- ----cpu----
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi   
bo   in    cs us sy id wa
 1  0      0  13132  34624  41392    0    0     0  
314 1535   798  5  4 87  4
 0  0      0  13132  34648  41392    0    0     0   
26 1453   714  5  3 92  0
 0  0      0  13132  34664  41392    0    0     0   
38 1453   746  5  3 92  0
 0  0      0  13132  34680  41392    0    0     0   
23 1388   721  4  2 93  0
 0  0      0  13132  34704  41392    0    0     0   
50 1462   836  4  3 93  0
 0  0      0  13132  34720  41392    0    0     0   
46 1533   937  6  3 91  0
 0  0      0  13132  34740  41392    0    0     0  
114 1510   861  5  3 92  0
 0  0      0  13008  34760  41392    0    0     0   
48 1456   761  5  3 92  0
 0  0      0  13008  34772  41392    0    0     0   
38 1650   927  6  4 90  0
 0  0      0  13008  34788  41392    0    0     0   
34 1661  1001  6  4 89  0
 0  0      0  13008  34804  41392    0    0     0   
39 1441   786  4  3 93  0
 0  0      0  13008  34828  41392    0    0     0   
53 1448   751  5  3 92  0
 0  0      0  13008  34852  41392    0    0     0   
27 1504   841  5  3 92  0
 0  0      0  13008  34868  41392    0    0     0   
45 1448   786  4  3 93  0
 0  0      0  13008  34892  41392    0    0     0   
49 1449   832  4  3 93  0
 0  0      0  12760  34908  41392    0    0     0   
61 1447   790  5  3 92  0
 0  0      0  12884  34932  41392    0    0     0   
35 1385   715  4  2 94  0
 0  0      0  12884  34948  41392    0    0     0   
26 1379   647  4  2 94  0
 0  0      0  12884  34956  41392    0    0     0   
18 1312   556  3  2 94  0
 0  0      0  12636  34972  41392    0    0     0   
26 1321   585  4  2 94  0
 0  0      0  12884  34996  41392    0    0     0   
62 1306   576  3  2 94  0
 0  0      0  12884  35012  41392    0    0     0   
36 1418   755  4  3 93  0
 0  0      0  12884  35028  41392    0    0     0   
27 1497  1085 10 16 74  0
 0  0      0  12884  35052  41392    0    0     0   
29 1391   676  4  2 94  0
 0  0      0  12884  35076  41392    0    0     0   
33 1443   750  5  3 92  0
 0  0      0  12884  35092  41392    0    0     0   
21 1376   701  4  2 94  0
 0  0      0  12884  35108  41392    0    0     0   
11 1489   903 11 13 76  0
 0  0      0  12636  35116  41392    0    0     0   
39 1433   745  5  3 93  0
 0  0      0  12760  35140  41392    0    0     0   
48 1521   847  5  4 91  0
 0  0      0  12760  35156  41392    0    0     0   
26 1472   831  4  3 93  0
 0  0      0  12760  35172  41392    0    0     0   
26 1538   937  5  3 92  0
 0  0      0  12512  35184  41392    0    0     0   
13 1528   922  5  4 92  0
 0  0      0  12636  35208  41392    0    0     0   
38 1588   940  5  4 91  0
 1  0      0  12636  35216  41392    0    0     0   
21 1430   719  4  2 94  0
 0  0      0  12636  35232  41392    0    0     0   
35 1501   848  5  3 93  0
 0  0      0  12636  35256  41392    0    0     0   
26 1388   722  4  3 93  0
 0  0      0  12636  35272  41392    0    0     0   
18 1451   763  4  2 93  0
 0  0      0  12636  35280  41392    0    0     0   
10 1357   620  4  2 94  0
 0  0      0  12636  35296  41392    0    0     0   
23 1421   727  4  2 94  0
 0  0      0  12388  35312  41392    0    0     0   
42 1431   772  5  3 93  0
 0  0      0  12512  35328  41392    0    0     0   
45 1396   727  4  2 93  0
 0  0      0  12512  35344  41392    0    0     0   
26 1639  1110  5  4 91  0
 0  0      0  12512  35360  41396    0    0     0   
50 1680  1131  7  4 89  0


--- Burton Strauss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Very interesting - that's a new one on me.  
> 
> (1) Are you using rrd?
> 
> (2) Are you swapping (vmstat)
> 
> $ vmstat
>    procs                      memory      swap      
>    io     system
> cpu
>  r  b  w   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi
>    bo   in    cs us sy
> id
>  0  0  0   3616   4032  21432 168104    0    0     5
>    13  104    10 88  0
> 12
> 
> (the si and so are the interesting counts)
> 
> 
> Otherwise it's got to be gdbm related - that's the
> only other disk activity.
> 
> -----Burton
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Simon
> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 10:05 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Ntop] % dropped (libpcap) increases
> over time
> 
> Speed of my hard disk is the one to blame. After
> using a faster hard disk,
> problem solved. Thank you very much for all who have
> voiced their
> suggestions.
> 
> <snip /> 
> 
> 
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