What I did was completely wipe out the netapp and reinstall 6.1.2R3. We are
reracking our qa lab so I figured it would be a good time to let our
Microsoft admin get to learn how to install a netapp, etc. So its a fresh
install and before we put our databases back on it I did a sysstat and
noticed the activity. I've let it run overnight so maybe the memory scrubs
are finished and that was the activity.
I am hoping at some point we can upgrade the netapps we have to the 960's
and I can maybe get to attend Netapp training to get some inside knowledge
of the boxes.
We are running on a nonexistant budget and its tough supporting all this
gear without maintenance contracts.
art
-----Original Message-----
From: Borders, Rich [mailto:Rich.Borders@netapp.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 2:52 AM
To: Art Hebert; toasters(a)mathworks.com
Subject: RE: Disk writes occuring when no network activity?
Disk Scrubs? Did you just upgrade?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Art Hebert [mailto:art@arzoon.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 11:02 PM
> To: toasters(a)mathworks.com
>
>
> Would anybody know why I have disk writes occurring on my
> netapp when it is completely disconnected from the network.
> It is doing memory scrubs, but would this cause writes to the disk?
>
> Here is what sysstat looks like. As you can see there isn't
> any nfs, cifs or http activity. On my other filers that are
> hooked up to a network the Disk writes go to zero when there
> isn't any activity.
>
> smf760-01*> sysstat 1
> CPU NFS CIFS HTTP Net kB/s Disk kB/s Tape
> kB/s Cache
> in out read write read
> write age
> 2% 0 0 0 0 0 0 762 0
> 0 59
> 1% 0 0 0 0 0 0 740 0
> 0 59
> 2% 0 0 0 0 0 0 752 0
> 0 59
> 1% 0 0 0 0 0 0 764 0
> 0 59
> 2% 0 0 0 0 0 0 788 0
> 0 59
> 1% 0 0 0 0 0 0 788 0
> 0 59
> 2% 0 0 0 0 0 0 784 0
> 0 59
> 1% 0 0 0 0 0 0 808 0
> 0 59
> 2% 0 0 0 0 0 0 804 0
> 0 59
> 3% 0 0 0 0 0 156 1108 0
> 0 59
> 2% 0 0 0 0 0 0 824 0
> 0 60
> 1% 0 0 0 0 0 0 868 0
> 0 60
> 2% 0 0 0 0 0 0 888 0
> 0 60
> 4% 0 0 0 0 0 0 880 0
> 0 60
> 2% 0 0 0 0 0 0 844 0
> 0 60
> 2% 0 0 0 0 0 0 892 0
> 0 60
> 2% 0 0 0 0 0 0 872 0
> 0 60
> 1% 0 0 0 0 0 0 880 0
> 0 60
> 2% 0 0 0 0 0 0 884 0
> 0 60
> CPU NFS CIFS HTTP Net kB/s Disk kB/s Tape
> kB/s Cache
> in out read write read
> write age
> 1% 0 0 0 0 0 0 852 0
> 0 60
> 4% 0 0 0 0 0 164 1148 0
> 0 60
>
> Thanks
>
> art
>