imss:/tmp # ./iostat -x 5 Linux 2.6.5-7.244-smp (imss) 11/28/07 avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 41.00 0.00 2.36 35.95 0.00 20.68 Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rsec/s wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util sda 9.55 75.28 43.45 38.35 4214.41 909.12 62.63 20.73 253.43 10.41 85.16 avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 99.12 0.00 0.88 0.00 0.00 0.00 Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rsec/s wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util sda 0.00 71.26 4.13 39.37 33.07 885.04 21.10 4.21 96.75 9.73 42.34 avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 99.02 0.00 0.98 0.00 0.00 0.00 Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rsec/s wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util sda 0.00 57.17 5.50 21.61 44.01 630.26 24.87 0.76 28.03 9.86 26.74 avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 80.22 0.00 0.90 18.88 0.00 0.00 Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rsec/s wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util sda 0.00 56.34 7.24 93.36 57.95 1181.49 12.32 76.40 627.40 7.93 79.80 avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 12.11 0.00 0.70 65.37 0.00 21.82 Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rsec/s wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util sda 0.00 36.40 8.80 102.80 70.40 1131.20 10.77 79.98 824.72 8.96 100.04 avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 98.33 0.00 0.88 0.59 0.00 0.20 Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rsec/s wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util sda 0.00 53.24 5.30 22.40 44.01 605.11 23.43 0.69 65.67 8.90 24.66 avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 99.32 0.00 0.68 0.00 0.00 0.00 Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rsec/s wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util sda 0.00 43.75 4.10 16.80 32.81 484.38 24.75 0.58 27.83 10.62 22.19 avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 99.11 0.00 0.89 0.00 0.00 0.00 Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rsec/s wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util sda 0.00 51.09 3.96 22.77 31.68 592.48 23.35 0.65 24.41 9.09 24.30 avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 99.12 0.00 0.88 0.00 0.00 0.00 Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rsec/s wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util sda 0.20 67.32 32.68 20.94 432.09 706.07 21.23 16.39 305.73 6.30 33.80 avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 98.51 0.00 1.49 0.00 0.00 0.00 Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rsec/s wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util sda 0.00 297.62 23.02 25.40 363.49 2584.13 60.89 3.02 62.45 7.84 37.94 avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 98.82 0.00 1.18 0.00 0.00 0.00 Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rsec/s wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util sda 0.39 49.90 23.67 33.53 1186.59 661.14 32.30 16.33 158.93 6.71 38.40 avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 48.50 0.00 5.11 38.58 0.00 7.82 Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rsec/s wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util sda 0.20 486.55 6.83 122.09 2499.60 4869.08 57.16 114.94 898.64 7.79 100.44 avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 20.36 0.00 1.50 54.36 0.00 23.77 Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rsec/s wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util sda 0.00 583.20 8.40 85.80 67.20 4846.40 52.16 107.56 953.60 10.62 100.00 avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 0.10 0.00 0.50 49.85 0.00 49.55 Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rsec/s wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util sda 0.00 175.86 24.14 107.44 193.16 2781.49 22.61 113.06 1043.93 7.64 100.58 avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 96.16 0.00 1.38 2.46 0.00 0.00 Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rsec/s wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util sda 0.00 141.26 16.31 55.01 130.45 1570.14 23.85 1.82 25.55 10.40 74.17 avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 98.22 0.00 1.78 0.00 0.00 0.00 Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rsec/s wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util sda 0.00 153.06 67.46 54.24 885.21 1540.04 19.93 16.79 137.95 6.84 83.21 avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 98.52 0.00 1.48 0.00 0.00 0.00 Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rsec/s wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util sda 0.00 126.82 13.41 46.94 130.97 1508.48 27.16 2.99 49.69 11.18 67.48 avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 98.91 0.00 1.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rsec/s wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util sda 0.00 114.51 38.57 35.98 477.14 1203.98 22.55 10.92 145.89 7.28 54.25