On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 04:46:15PM -0400, Alex Turner wrote: > I have a really stupid question about top, what exactly is iowait CPU time?
Time while the CPU is idle, but at least one I/O request is outstanding. In other words, if you're at 100% I/O-wait, you're heavily I/O-bound and your processor is bored to death. /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
