Re: [PLUG] Which Process is Thrashing my Disk?

["Brian Vagnoni" <bvagnoni@v-system.net>]

I should give you a search google chiding.

But here you go 


http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/IdentifyWhichProcessesAccessDisk

or

http://www.linux-tutorial.info/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=795

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----- Original Message -----
From: Casey Bralla
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To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group
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Sent: Sat, 14 Jun
2008 14:04:01 -0400
Subject: [PLUG] Which Process is Thrashing my
Disk?


> Lately my computer occasionally becomes unexpectedly bogged down by
> massive 
> disk I/O.   My CPU utilization is low, but because of the high disk
> I/O, the 
> system is **very** sluggish.
> 
> I've got DMA enabled on my disks, so I think I've minimized the effect
> of disk 
> I/O on my system, but I can't figure out which process is causing all
> the 
> activity.
> 
> Is there a version of "top" that will show the I/O activity by process
> instead 
> of CPU activity?
> -- 
> 
> 
> Casey Bralla
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