From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: Mark Smith <nanog@fa1c52f96c54f7450e1ffb215f29991e.nosense.org>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Interesting RAID checking observations - I'm getting it too
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:42:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44FC578D.5020704@tmr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060830192410.332db788.nanog@fa1c52f96c54f7450e1ffb215f29991e.nosense.org>
Mark Smith wrote:
>Just a note, I've noticed this problem too. I run a RAID1 check once
>every 24 hours, and while developing the script to do it, noticed that
>the machine became virtually unusable - mouse was jumpy, typing lagged.
>
>I run this check every morning at 4.00am so I'm usually asleep and
>don't notice it, so it hasn't been a big bother to me.
>
>
Interesting, but do you run other stuff at that time? Several
distributions run various things in the middle of the night which really
bog the machine.
>The data may be a bit corse, however here is what sysstat/sar says my
>machine does during the check. Let me know if you want any more or other
>sar data.
>
[ data dropped, not relevant to my suggestion ]
--
bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
CTO TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-04 16:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-08-30 9:54 Interesting RAID checking observations - I'm getting it too Mark Smith
2006-09-04 16:42 ` Bill Davidsen [this message]
2006-09-04 21:23 ` Mark Smith
2006-09-08 9:30 ` Mark Smith
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