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Kevin Parker

-----Original Message-----
From: "No More Linux!" <no.more.linux@gmail.com>
To: "toasters@mathworks.com" <toasters@mathworks.com>
Sent: 10/22/2007 4:44 PM
Subject: disk busy 100%

we see this alot on one of our 3050's, the disks are 144gb 10k FCAL, we are very concerned:

CPU   Total    Net kB/s    Disk kB/s    Tape kB/s Cache Cache CP CP Disk
       ops/s    in   out   read write read write   age   hit time ty util
33%    1633 14262 1967   2934   5948     0     0     5   99% 33% : 100%
40%    2036 13033 1799 12622   5279     0     0     5   99% 27% D 100%
58%    3800 16660 2534 13262 24247     0     0     5   99% 100% : 100%
40%    3271 17156 2268 10978 18927     0     0     5 100% 100% : 100%
30%    1217 9699 1802   7390 24154     0     0     5   99% 100% : 100%
22%    2318   571 2020   8697 21873     0     0     5   93% 100% : 100%
20%    1428   706 2014   7663 21820     0     0     5   94% 100% : 100%
63%    2728 57180 3438   7852 19920     0     0     5 100% 100% : 100%
76%    2787 30640 17043 44909 38679     0     0     5   99% 77% D 100%
72%    1995 20426 20208 41305 35765     0     0     5   98% 100% : 100%
68%    2049 19219 22977 43481 36810     0     0     5   98% 100% : 100%
66%    2234 23097 20839 39816 38096     0     0     5   98% 100% : 100%
63%    2352 23897 27837 35960 16489     0     0     5   99% 55% : 100%
54%    2478 23635 30499 36404      0     0     0     5   99%   0% - 100%
64%    1644 20728 7715 33592 34764     0     0     5   99% 78% D 100%
46%    2901 15620 2120 15486 35537     0     0     5   99% 100% : 100%
42%    3209 13807 1929 18263 34560     0     0     5   99% 100% : 100%
39%    1118 15173 2115 17007 34335     0     0     5   99% 100% : 100%
37%    1111 15072 1830   3434 10154     0     0     5   99% 43% : 100%
24%    1215 14888 1678   1331      0     0     0     5   99%   0% - 100%

what could be causing this and how can we alleviate it?

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