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[Ugo Bellavance]

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BG Mahesh wrote:
>>Hmm thats a little long...but still acceptable I guess..
>>
>>have you gone through vmstat/sa type info to see if you can find
>>anything there that would help
>>
>
>
> # uptime
>  08:49:03  up 6 days, 21:13,  3 users,  load average: 2.33, 2.14, 1.50
>

Looks ok.

> # vmstat
>    procs                      memory      swap          io     system      cpu
>  r  b  w   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in    cs us sy id
>  0  0  0 141960  40420  83580 107004    2    8    33    25   70    29 40  9 51
>

Use # vmstat 2 and show us a few lines (abort with ctrl-C)

> # sa
> #
>
> 'sa' doesn't show anything
>

He meant the sar reports.  In redhat, see the /var/log/sa/sar* reports.

>
>
>>--
>>Martin Hepworth
>
> --
> B.G. Mahesh
> bg.mahesh at indiainfo.com
> http://www.indiainfo.com/
>
>

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