Re: high load but no cpu usage
> Hi,
>
> I seem to have a strange problem. I have a server which is showing a
> load average of around 1 but cpu usage of 0.6% over two cpus.
This would imply I/O wait for me. What sort of disks does it have?
> What bothers me is that load average used to stay under 0.16 previously
> - nothing has changed. I have already tried to see if there are any
> processes blocking using ps auxwww but they all seem to be in State S
> with a few in SW and two in SWN.
>
Run vmstat 1 for a few minutes and post it here
Rgds
Rus
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