[wplug] Help with an investigating some unknown disk activity.
Terence J. Golighlty
terencejgolightly at gmail.com
Thu Dec 4 21:07:59 EST 2014
List,
Looks like thunderbird is the culprit. I am gonna shut it down and recheck.
~ $ sudo iotop -o -t -q -k -n 10
21:04:22 Total DISK READ : 0.00 K/s | Total DISK WRITE : 0.00 K/s
21:04:22 Actual DISK READ: 0.00 K/s | Actual DISK WRITE: 0.00 K/s
TIME TID PRIO USER DISK READ DISK WRITE SWAPIN IO COMMAND
21:04:23 Total DISK READ : 0.00 K/s | Total DISK WRITE : 0.00 K/s
21:04:23 Actual DISK READ: 0.00 K/s | Actual DISK WRITE: 0.00 K/s
21:04:24 Total DISK READ : 0.00 K/s | Total DISK WRITE : 0.00 K/s
21:04:24 Actual DISK READ: 0.00 K/s | Actual DISK WRITE: 0.00 K/s
21:04:24 1459 be/4 root 0.00 K/s 0.00 K/s 0.00 % 0.36 %
[kworker/u16:1]
21:04:25 Total DISK READ : 0.00 K/s | Total DISK WRITE : 89.23 K/s
21:04:25 Actual DISK READ: 0.00 K/s | Actual DISK WRITE: 166.82 K/s
21:04:25 466 be/3 root 0.00 K/s 31.04 K/s 0.00 % 11.97 %
[jbd2/sda5-8]
21:04:25 2130 be/4 terryg 0.00 K/s 46.55 K/s 0.00 % 0.08 %
thunderbird [mozStorage #3]
21:04:25 2071 be/4 terryg 0.00 K/s 11.64 K/s 0.00 % 0.00 %
thunderbird
21:04:26 Total DISK READ : 0.00 K/s | Total DISK WRITE : 138.07 K/s
21:04:26 Actual DISK READ: 0.00 K/s | Actual DISK WRITE: 295.31 K/s
21:04:26 466 be/3 root 0.00 K/s 7.67 K/s 0.00 % 29.47 %
[jbd2/sda5-8]
21:04:26 1459 be/4 root 0.00 K/s 0.00 K/s 0.00 % 0.27 %
[kworker/u16:1]
21:04:26 2130 be/4 terryg 0.00 K/s 115.06 K/s 0.00 % 0.24 %
thunderbird [mozStorage #3]
21:04:26 2071 be/4 terryg 0.00 K/s 15.34 K/s 0.00 % 0.00 %
thunderbird
21:04:27 Total DISK READ : 0.00 K/s | Total DISK WRITE : 120.09 K/s
21:04:27 Actual DISK READ: 0.00 K/s | Actual DISK WRITE: 193.69 K/s
21:04:27 466 be/3 root 0.00 K/s 0.00 K/s 0.00 % 29.86 %
[jbd2/sda5-8]
21:04:27 2130 be/4 terryg 0.00 K/s 108.46 K/s 0.00 % 0.22 %
thunderbird [mozStorage #3]
21:04:27 2071 be/4 terryg 0.00 K/s 11.62 K/s 0.00 % 0.00 %
thunderbird
21:04:28 Total DISK READ : 0.00 K/s | Total DISK WRITE : 193.78 K/s
21:04:28 Actual DISK READ: 0.00 K/s | Actual DISK WRITE: 356.55 K/s
21:04:28 466 be/3 root 0.00 K/s 15.50 K/s 0.00 % 32.83 %
[jbd2/sda5-8]
21:04:28 328 be/3 root 0.00 K/s 7.75 K/s 0.00 % 8.10 %
[jbd2/sda4-8]
21:04:28 2130 be/4 terryg 0.00 K/s 155.02 K/s 0.00 % 0.28 %
thunderbird [mozStorage #3]
21:04:28 1459 be/4 root 0.00 K/s 0.00 K/s 0.00 % 0.27 %
[kworker/u16:1]
21:04:28 2071 be/4 terryg 0.00 K/s 15.50 K/s 0.00 % 0.00 %
thunderbird
21:04:29 Total DISK READ : 0.00 K/s | Total DISK WRITE : 96.90 K/s
21:04:29 Actual DISK READ: 0.00 K/s | Actual DISK WRITE: 193.80 K/s
21:04:29 466 be/3 root 0.00 K/s 0.00 K/s 0.00 % 28.93 %
[jbd2/sda5-8]
21:04:29 2130 be/4 terryg 0.00 K/s 85.27 K/s 0.00 % 0.16 %
thunderbird [mozStorage #3]
21:04:29 2071 be/4 terryg 0.00 K/s 11.63 K/s 0.00 % 0.00 %
thunderbird
21:04:30 Total DISK READ : 0.00 K/s | Total DISK WRITE : 143.42 K/s
21:04:30 Actual DISK READ: 0.00 K/s | Actual DISK WRITE: 290.73 K/s
21:04:30 466 be/3 root 0.00 K/s 3.88 K/s 0.00 % 31.77 %
[jbd2/sda5-8]
21:04:30 1459 be/4 root 0.00 K/s 0.00 K/s 0.00 % 0.27 %
[kworker/u16:1]
21:04:30 2130 be/4 terryg 0.00 K/s 124.04 K/s 0.00 % 0.24 %
thunderbird [mozStorage #3]
21:04:30 2071 be/4 terryg 0.00 K/s 15.51 K/s 0.00 % 0.00 %
thunderbird
21:04:31 Total DISK READ : 0.00 K/s | Total DISK WRITE : 100.76 K/s
21:04:31 Actual DISK READ: 0.00 K/s | Actual DISK WRITE: 248.02 K/s
21:04:31 466 be/3 root 0.00 K/s 0.00 K/s 0.00 % 24.90 %
[jbd2/sda5-8]
21:04:31 2130 be/4 terryg 0.00 K/s 89.13 K/s 0.00 % 0.17 %
thunderbird [mozStorage #3]
21:04:31 2071 be/4 terryg 0.00 K/s 11.63 K/s 0.00 % 0.00 %
thunderbird
Regards,
Terry
On 12/04/2014 10:15 AM, Pat Barron wrote:
> Do you have "iotop" installed on your system? It might help. I have
> this on my RHEL system, not sure what other distros include it. It
> would at least tell you what process is responsible for the disk
> activity.
>
> --Pat.
>
> On 12/3/2014 8:53 PM, Terence J. Golighlty wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am experiencing periodic disk activity that I cannot determine what
>> is actually happening. I have had kept an eye on logs, run sar. But
>> it only tells me (FWICT) when a disk read/write occurs. So what
>> utility can I use to narrow down what my HDD is doing during these
>> occasions when it sounds like its an engine idling up and down for
>> about 5 to 10 seconds and nothing for... a minute or so?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Terry Golightly
>> WPLUG for EONS!
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