From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263697AbTJ0AHL (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Oct 2003 19:07:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263702AbTJ0AHL (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Oct 2003 19:07:11 -0500 Received: from vladimir.pegasys.ws ([64.220.160.58]:21264 "EHLO vladimir.pegasys.ws") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263697AbTJ0AHJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Oct 2003 19:07:09 -0500 Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 16:07:04 -0800 From: jw schultz To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Heavy disk activity without apperant reason (added more info) Message-ID: <20031027000704.GB5198@pegasys.ws> Mail-Followup-To: jw schultz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <3F9BC429.6060608@planet.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F9BC429.6060608@planet.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i X-Message-Flag: Unauthorised duplication and storage of this email is a violation of international copyright law and is subject to prosecution. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 01:55:05PM +0100, Stef van der Made wrote: > > On my AMD athlon system with 512MB memory I sometimes get a lot of disk > activity the activity normaly lasts for about 10 seconds and after that > the disk stays relativily quiet as expected with the load on the system. > When I look into top I don't see any programs that could explain the > disk activity. The system is in most cases not using any swap. In the vein of "make sure its plugged in", make sure it isn't cron.