Re: KAIO vps, and bufwaits

Neil, Truby wrote: > > In article <Z0$3mTASWg30EwR4@smooth1.demon.co.uk>, David says... > > > > That could be from when Online is booting and loading its cache > > with data. Try doing an onstat -z 1 hour after the server has > > booted then look at the stats at the end of the day, > > > Yes, I'd already done this at frequent intervals. The maxlength still zips back > up to 16 fairly quickly, therefore I would stand by my assessement that the > system is I/O bound. Can't decide what to do about it 'though! > > Neil If you are I/O bound what are your sar/iostat reports like? Are you waiting for disk access or are the apps just trashing those you have -- Paul Watson # WF Software Ltd # It said run using Windows 95 Tel: +44 1436 674629 # or better in the manual Fax: +44 1436 678693 # so I used Unix www.wfsoftware.co.uk #