Re: [newbie] harddrive activity every few seconds?
On Sat, 2003-06-14 at 05:49, eric huff wrote: About every 4-5 seconds i get a small blip of harddrive activity. On gkrellm it shows up usu as 66K, sometimes 106K. Any idea what this is? I can't find any logs that are being updated this often. I'm running ML 9.1, with ReiserFS, if that helps. Thanks, eric __ It does help. Reiser accesses the drive about every 5 seconds to update it's journals. I had the same question when I was running filesystem comparisions between Reiser and XFS. --LX -- Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk Linux Mandrake 9.1 Enlightenment-0.16.5-12mdk Evolution 1.2.4-1.1mdk Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] harddrive activity every few seconds?
Ok, got my computer runnin again... About every 4-5 seconds i get a small blip of harddrive activity. On gkrellm it shows up usu as 66K, sometimes 106K. I'm running ML 9.1, with ReiserFS, if that helps. It could be swap, could be even gKrellm itself reading the drives - have you checked what processes are running? Yeah, no apparent culprit. Have you setup your params for your drive(s) with hdparm for read/write caching? I haven't. I went thru and did hdparm tests/experiments, but nothing helped (or hurt) the speeds, so i left it as is. I need to learn more about what is going on... How would read write caching affect this blip? thanks, huff Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] harddrive activity every few seconds?
About every 4-5 seconds i get a small blip of harddrive activity. On gkrellm it shows up usu as 66K, sometimes 106K. I'm running ML 9.1, with ReiserFS, if that helps. It does help. Reiser accesses the drive about every 5 seconds to update it's journals. I had the same question when I was running filesystem comparisions between Reiser and XFS. Ahh. What did you decide after your comparisons? Stephen, i know you are a Reiser guy, do you get this? Is this what caching might prevent? Thanks, eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] harddrive activity every few seconds?
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 07:46, eric huff wrote: About every 4-5 seconds i get a small blip of harddrive activity. On gkrellm it shows up usu as 66K, sometimes 106K. I'm running ML 9.1, with ReiserFS, if that helps. It does help. Reiser accesses the drive about every 5 seconds to update it's journals. I had the same question when I was running filesystem comparisions between Reiser and XFS. Ahh. What did you decide after your comparisons? Stephen, i know you are a Reiser guy, do you get this? Is this what caching might prevent? Thanks, eric My light flashes about every 10 seconds - but I've also disabled FAM as a service, and tweaked my EIDE drives with hdparm - but it's a quick blink and nothing major - nothing ever skips a beat - even when doing something disk intensive. Both EIDE's are ReiserFS, both SCSI's are ReiserFS. And actually, as I'm watching it here, mine is apparently blinking about every 12 seconds... -- Mon Jun 16 07:55:00 EST 2003 07:55:00 up 2 days, 15:09, 3 users, load average: 0.01, 0.05, 0.06 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * If it wasn't for Newton, we wouldn't have to eat bruised apples. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] harddrive activity every few seconds?
My light flashes about every 10 seconds - but I've also disabled FAM as a service, and tweaked my EIDE drives with hdparm - but it's a quick blink and nothing major - nothing ever skips a beat - even when doing something disk intensive. Both EIDE's are ReiserFS, both SCSI's are ReiserFS. And actually, as I'm watching it here, mine is apparently blinking about every 12 seconds... Weird: i reinstalled ml9.1 yesterday, and as i sit here, i now get looong periods with no activity at all Either way, it seems it is reasonably normal and nothing to worry about. Thanks for the info, eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] harddrive activity every few seconds?
About every 4-5 seconds i get a small blip of harddrive activity. On gkrellm it shows up usu as 66K, sometimes 106K. Any idea what this is? I can't find any logs that are being updated this often. I'm running ML 9.1, with ReiserFS, if that helps. Thanks, eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] harddrive activity every few seconds?
On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 02:49:13 -0700 eric huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Any idea what this is? I can't find any logs that are being updated this often. Run top and just watch for what might be acting up (should appear at the top of the list every 4 or 5 seconds). Also check for any cron jobs (can't imagine what might run that often, LOL), also, close all your running apps, open them one at a time and see if one of them is generating the activity. I've had this before myself, and it ended up being something pretty innocuous (sp?). -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net 13:00:10 up 11 days, 11:03, 3 users, load average: 0.31, 0.21, 0.09 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] harddrive activity every few seconds?
On Sat, 2003-06-14 at 19:49, eric huff wrote: About every 4-5 seconds i get a small blip of harddrive activity. On gkrellm it shows up usu as 66K, sometimes 106K. Any idea what this is? I can't find any logs that are being updated this often. I'm running ML 9.1, with ReiserFS, if that helps. Thanks, eric It could be swap, could be even gKrellm itself reading the drives - have you checked what processes are running? Have you setup your params for your drive(s) with hdparm for read/write caching? -- Sun Jun 15 08:40:00 EST 2003 08:40:00 up 1 day, 15:54, 2 users, load average: 0.14, 0.38, 0.33 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * A tautology is a thing which is tautological. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] harddrive activity every few seconds?
On Sat, 2003-06-14 at 19:49, eric huff wrote: About every 4-5 seconds i get a small blip of harddrive activity. On gkrellm it shows up usu as 66K, sometimes 106K. Any idea what this is? I can't find any logs that are being updated this often. I'm running ML 9.1, with ReiserFS, if that helps. Thanks, eric Eric, if it's a small blip only, I guess that's the *sync* function doing its job. Nothing to worry about. Kaj Haulrich. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.1 - kernel 2.4.21 Brought to you from a 100 % Micro$oft-free computer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
