Iostat
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Here are some iostat outputs on two SilverRack host machines that are full of customers:
e46
iostat
Linux 2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.028stab035.1PAE (e46) 02/17/2008
avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle
1.67 0.00 1.03 4.18 0.00 93.12
Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn
sda 31.80 184.06 103.67 3868233318 2178708124
dm-0 82.43 184.03 103.67 3867654154 2178693680
dm-1 0.00 0.00 0.00 4784 14016
hda 0.00 0.00 0.00 520 0
m3
iostat
Linux 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5.028stab047.1ent (m3) 02/17/2008
avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle
0.57 0.17 0.51 0.49 0.00 98.25
Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn
sda 6.43 25.88 183.43 216942234 1537330086
sdb 3.62 52.77 76.18 442283258 638452848
dm-0 24.41 25.86 183.43 216728066 1537327880
dm-1 0.00 0.00 0.00 1808 2064