> On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 23:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Does this information help? What other info can I provide? > > Yep. Can you please run 'vmstat 1' while the test is running, and > redirect the output to a file? vmstat can help spot all sorts of issues. > > Also, what filesystem and disks are you using on your big box? Is it > sitting on a RAID 5 array - perhaps an ATA RAID array? > > -- > Craig Ringer
The filesystem is using ext3, on SCSI raid 5... Below is the vmstat 1 output you requested: ------------------------------------------- procs memory swap io system cpu r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa 0 0 0 20668 169448 552516 0 0 4 15 53 12 0 0 99 1 0 0 0 20668 169448 552516 0 0 0 0 103 17 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 20668 169448 552516 0 0 0 0 101 14 0 0 100 0 0 3 0 20668 169448 552516 0 0 0 212 160 154 0 0 89 10 0 2 0 20668 169448 552532 0 0 0 604 262 277 0 1 49 50 0 2 0 20668 169448 552752 0 0 0 840 326 300 0 0 50 49 0 2 0 20852 169448 552520 0 0 0 2292 284 426 4 2 52 42 0 2 0 20856 169448 552560 0 0 0 676 281 281 0 2 49 50 0 2 0 20228 169448 554712 0 0 0 2568 346 209 4 2 49 45 0 2 0 21276 169448 552536 0 0 0 640 275 165 0 0 50 50 0 2 0 21276 169448 552568 0 0 0 608 274 243 0 1 52 47 1 2 0 19964 169448 554716 0 0 0 2496 337 185 5 2 47 46 0 2 0 21276 169448 552544 0 0 0 692 287 247 0 0 50 50 0 2 0 21260 169448 552764 0 0 0 844 317 257 0 1 51 48 0 2 0 21264 169448 552536 0 0 0 2380 306 194 4 2 48 46 0 2 0 21264 169448 552576 0 0 0 668 285 262 0 1 51 48 0 2 0 19940 169448 554728 0 0 0 2500 333 192 4 2 48 46 0 2 0 21264 169448 552556 0 0 0 636 271 229 0 1 50 49 0 2 0 21252 169448 552776 0 0 0 848 330 261 0 1 50 49 0 2 0 19924 169448 554736 0 0 0 2368 292 196 4 2 48 46 0 2 0 21260 169452 552584 0 0 0 696 291 259 0 1 50 48 procs memory swap io system cpu r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa 0 2 0 19916 169452 554740 0 0 0 2596 352 217 4 2 48 46 0 2 0 21252 169452 552568 0 0 0 624 277 203 0 0 50 49 0 2 0 21236 169452 552788 0 0 0 832 328 248 0 2 50 48 0 2 0 19900 169452 554744 0 0 0 2348 292 192 4 1 48 47 0 2 0 21248 169452 552576 0 0 0 652 279 226 0 2 50 48 0 2 0 19868 169452 554748 0 0 0 2748 315 241 4 3 50 43 0 2 0 21240 169452 552568 0 0 0 500 312 158 0 0 50 49 0 2 0 21240 169456 552600 0 0 0 604 269 243 0 0 52 48 0 2 0 19916 169456 554752 0 0 0 2604 349 168 3 4 47 46 0 0 0 21248 169460 552560 0 0 0 304 196 126 0 1 74 25 0 0 0 21248 169460 552560 0 0 0 0 101 16 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 21248 169460 552560 0 0 0 0 101 12 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 21248 169460 552560 0 0 0 0 101 20 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 21248 169460 552560 0 0 0 100 126 23 0 0 97 3 0 0 0 21248 169460 552560 0 0 0 0 101 16 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 21248 169460 552560 0 0 0 0 101 12 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 21248 169460 552560 0 0 0 0 101 18 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 21248 169460 552560 0 0 0 0 101 16 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 21248 169460 552560 0 0 0 28 108 27 0 0 98 2 --- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
