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Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 16:03:43 -0700
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To: Lukasz Trabinski <lukasz@lt.wsisiz.edu.pl>
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Subject: Re: Slocate/backup, big load on 2.4.X
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Lukasz Trabinski <lukasz@lt.wsisiz.edu.pl> wrote:
>
> After 12 hours of reboot, when updatedb is running or backup via amanda,
> system "get" very high load,

High load isn't necesarily a problem - it just means that a lot of
processes are waiting on disk I/O.  Because updatedb is flogging the disks.

Do a full "ps aux" listing and you'll probably see lots of processes in "D"
state, waiting for the disk head to seek across and read whatever it is
they are trying to read.