Re: load increase after 2.4 -> 2.6 upgrade

[Aaron Thoreson <aaront@midco.net>]

No, sorry, just ran it one-shot.  If I run it for a few seconds, it 
looks like so (ranges):

procs -------
r     b
0-2   5-12

What's different about I/O in 2.6 that a 2.4 kernel would outperform it 
under the same work volume?

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005, Aaron Thoreson wrote:
>
> > Here is the output of vmstat (split across two lines for clarity)
>
>
> I hope you did something like vmstat 1  and ignored the first two or three
> lines...
>
>
> > procs -----------memory---------- ---swap--
> > r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so
> > 1  9      0 954120      0 1024624   0    0
>
>
> If that 'b' is right, there is your load.  A lot of processes getting
> blocked waiting for IO.

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Aaron Thoreson
Network Group
Midcontinent Communications
aaront@midco.net