Hello, I converted one of my servers to ext3 and load average numbers went up. Now they are ~2-3 while on ext2 LA was <0.4. And I'm constantly seeing processes and kjournald in D state. vmstat confirms that. But even in such LA CPUs are ~99% idle. What can be wrong? RedHat 7.1 kernel 2.4.18-18.7.xsmp. SCSI cards: Compaq RAID array controller (cciss) and Q Logic ISP1020 (isp_mod). Mindaugas
* Mindaugas Riauba <mind@bi.lt>:> I converted one of my servers to ext3 and load average > numbers went up. Now they are ~2-3 while on ext2 LA > was <0.4.What are you using your servers for? -- Ralf Hildebrandt (Im Auftrag des Referat V a) Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de Charite Campus Mitte Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155 Referat V a - Kommunikationsnetze - Fax. +49 (0)30-450 570-916 Why you can't find your system administrators: The Cray's Chiller decided to go on vacation, and (S)he got stuck to one of the vents on the Y-MP after switching to air-cooled mode. --Jeff Wolfe wolfe@ems.psu.edu
> > I converted one of my servers to ext3 and load average > > numbers went up. Now they are ~2-3 while on ext2 LA > > was <0.4. > > What are you using your servers for?Postfix and Oracle. Mostly Postfix and Cyrus IMAPD processes can be seen in D state. Mindaugas
* Mindaugas Riauba <mind@bi.lt>:> > > > I converted one of my servers to ext3 and load average > > > numbers went up. Now they are ~2-3 while on ext2 LA > > > was <0.4. > > > > What are you using your servers for? > > Postfix and Oracle. Mostly Postfix and Cyrus IMAPD processes > can be seen in D state.Have you read: http://www.stahl.bau.tu-bs.de/~hildeb/postfix/ext3.shtml ? -- Ralf Hildebrandt (Im Auftrag des Referat V a) Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de Charite Campus Mitte Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155 Referat V a - Kommunikationsnetze - Fax. +49 (0)30-450 570-916 In my opinion M$ is a lot better at making money than it is at making good operating systems. -- Linus Torvalds