Sorry for the confusion - if I run "iostat" I get this: [root@foo root]# iostat Linux 2.4.18-3 (foo) 09/24/2002
avg-cpu: %user %nice %sys %idle 16.79 0.00 26.39 56.82 Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn dev8-0 11.80 2.24 184.95 541354 44609586 dev8-1 11.80 1.67 184.95 403090 44609586 if I run iostat 1 it loops every second, so the results (for the first 16 seconds) are: [root@foo root]# iostat 1 16 Linux 2.4.18-3 (foo) 09/24/2002 avg-cpu: %user %nice %sys %idle 16.79 0.00 26.40 56.80 Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn dev8-0 11.80 2.24 184.91 541354 44615082 dev8-1 11.80 1.67 184.91 403090 44615082 avg-cpu: %user %nice %sys %idle 31.00 0.00 69.00 0.00 Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn dev8-0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 dev8-1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 avg-cpu: %user %nice %sys %idle 37.00 0.00 63.00 0.00 Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn dev8-0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 dev8-1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 avg-cpu: %user %nice %sys %idle 26.00 0.00 74.00 0.00 Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn dev8-0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 dev8-1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 avg-cpu: %user %nice %sys %idle 40.95 0.00 59.05 0.00 Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn dev8-0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 dev8-1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 avg-cpu: %user %nice %sys %idle 32.00 0.00 68.00 0.00 Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn dev8-0 4.00 0.00 136.00 0 136 dev8-1 4.00 0.00 136.00 0 136 avg-cpu: %user %nice %sys %idle 40.00 0.00 60.00 0.00 Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn dev8-0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 dev8-1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 avg-cpu: %user %nice %sys %idle 38.00 0.00 62.00 0.00 Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn dev8-0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 dev8-1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 avg-cpu: %user %nice %sys %idle 42.34 0.00 57.66 0.00 Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn dev8-0 11.71 0.00 165.77 0 184 dev8-1 11.71 0.00 165.77 0 184 avg-cpu: %user %nice %sys %idle 34.07 0.00 65.93 0.00 Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn dev8-0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 dev8-1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 avg-cpu: %user %nice %sys %idle 36.00 0.00 64.00 0.00 Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn dev8-0 6.00 0.00 104.00 0 104 dev8-1 6.00 0.00 104.00 0 104 avg-cpu: %user %nice %sys %idle 37.00 0.00 63.00 0.00 Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn dev8-0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 dev8-1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 avg-cpu: %user %nice %sys %idle 42.00 0.00 58.00 0.00 Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn dev8-0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 dev8-1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 avg-cpu: %user %nice %sys %idle 36.00 0.00 64.00 0.00 Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn dev8-0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 dev8-1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 avg-cpu: %user %nice %sys %idle 41.00 0.00 59.00 0.00 Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn dev8-0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 dev8-1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 avg-cpu: %user %nice %sys %idle 41.00 0.00 59.00 0.00 Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn dev8-0 9.00 0.00 128.00 0 128 dev8-1 9.00 0.00 128.00 0 128 Is that enough or should I post more? iostat -V reports sysstat version 4.0.3 thanks On Tuesday, September 24, 2002, at 02:30 PM, Martin MOKREJŠ wrote: > So where is the true "iostat 1" output? ;) > > -- > Martin Mokrejs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > PGP5.0i key is at http://www.natur.cuni.cz/~mmokrejs > MIPS / Institute for Bioinformatics <http://mips.gsf.de> > GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health > Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany > tel.: +49-89-3187 3683 , fax: +49-89-3187 3585 > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba