Re: [LONG] vmstat: What I/O is blocked and how to fix it?

2005-12-16 Thread Mark Bucciarelli
On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 03:52:44PM -0500, Mark Bucciarelli wrote: > On two occasions recently, vmstat has showed me that a > number of processes are blocked due to I/O. At the same > time, the number of disk transactions per second reported is > a small fraction of the disk's capability. I di

Re: [LONG] vmstat: What I/O is blocked and how to fix it?

2005-12-16 Thread Mark Bucciarelli
On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 03:52:44PM -0500, Mark Bucciarelli wrote: > On two occasions recently, vmstat has showed me that a > number of processes are blocked due to I/O. At the same > time, the number of disk transactions per second reported is > a small fraction of the disk's capability. I di

[LONG] vmstat: What I/O is blocked and how to fix it?

2005-12-13 Thread Mark Bucciarelli
[Originally sent to freebsd-questions, then I remembered this list (to which I am not subscribed, so please CC me on any replies.] m --- Begin Message --- On two occasions recently, vmstat has showed me that a number of processes are blocked due to I/O. At the same time, the number of disk tra