On Wednesday, 2005-09-07 at 11:08:40 +0200, Stefan Frings wrote: > Yes, I can see this in top. I assume that iowait is similar to idle > for the CPU, am I right?
iowait is accounted for when the CPU is idle while there are I/Os active. You see this frequently on disk-bound servers, like a big misconfigured Sun with lots of CPUs and puny disk bandwidth. HTH, Lupe Christoph -- | You know we're sitting on four million pounds of fuel, one nuclear | | weapon and a thing that has 270,000 moving parts built by the lowest | | bidder. Makes you feel good, doesn't it? | | Rockhound in "Armageddon", 1998, about the Space Shuttle | ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
