Re: tracking down i/o sucking process

2003-11-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2003-11-03 12:40:58, schrieb Dan MacNeil:

>the command:
>
>   top
>
>..is great for CPU & RAM but doesn't do disc...

fuser

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Re: tracking down i/o sucking process

2003-11-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2003-11-03 12:40:58, schrieb Dan MacNeil:

>the command:
>
>   top
>
>..is great for CPU & RAM but doesn't do disc...

fuser

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Re: tracking down i/o sucking process

2003-11-03 Thread Kris Deugau
Dan MacNeil wrote:
> I can hear the discs on the server going wild, I run:
> 
> sar -d 2 120
> 
> ...and disc utilization is indeed higher than normal. How do I find
> what process is driving up the i/o load?

Not sure about I/O load specifically...  but try lsof and see what
processes have which files open.  You'll probably want to grep -v a lot
of stuff- I get 664 lines on a pretty barebones NAT firewall box.  :/

HTH,
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Re: tracking down i/o sucking process

2003-11-03 Thread Kris Deugau
Dan MacNeil wrote:
> I can hear the discs on the server going wild, I run:
> 
> sar -d 2 120
> 
> ...and disc utilization is indeed higher than normal. How do I find
> what process is driving up the i/o load?

Not sure about I/O load specifically...  but try lsof and see what
processes have which files open.  You'll probably want to grep -v a lot
of stuff- I get 664 lines on a pretty barebones NAT firewall box.  :/

HTH,
-kgd
-- 
 hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to
ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my
apartment it is.


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