Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to find out to what file(...) writes goes on a idle system...

2014-12-07 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 11:05 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com [14-12-06 21:16]: Prong (1) includes all issues related to systemd. Probably embedded experience with systemd is rare, just guessing. Certainly I have none of that experience. So post to those iotop

[gentoo-user] Re: How to find out to what file(...) writes goes on a idle system...

2014-12-06 Thread James
meino.cramer at gmx.de writes: on different systems I see the write stats (/proc/dikstats) to physical existing disks steadily increasing. Looking at the output of lsof I cannot find any file suspicous for receiving those writes. Ok so in my experiences you need a (2) pronged approach.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to find out to what file(...) writes goes on a idle system...

2014-12-06 Thread meino . cramer
James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com [14-12-06 18:16]: meino.cramer at gmx.de writes: on different systems I see the write stats (/proc/dikstats) to physical existing disks steadily increasing. Looking at the output of lsof I cannot find any file suspicous for receiving those writes.

[gentoo-user] Re: How to find out to what file(...) writes goes on a idle system...

2014-12-06 Thread James
meino.cramer at gmx.de writes: (1) Then pursue quantifying with tools just what is causing the writes, strategies for minimization and monitoring as needed. So folks are going down path (1) with you, that is fine. Prong (1) includes all issues related to systemd. Probably embedded

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to find out to what file(...) writes goes on a idle system...

2014-12-06 Thread meino . cramer
Hi James, ...my board does not use systemd as far as I know...the whole mimic is original gentoo stage3 stuff and Gentoo defaults to openrc/udev and not systemd (or am I wrong?) Cheers Meino James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com [14-12-06 21:16]: meino.cramer at gmx.de writes: (1) Then