Re: Slow performance

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Scott Lamb wrote:
I think your 9% CPU usage is misleading. It probably means you're using one out of eight processors for 72% of your eight minutes. Add in the iowait time (which should be similar to the time the copy took - 11% of your eight minutes) and you're not far off from explaining the whole time.
In top on Linux, you can hit 'I' to make the CPU percentages go up to 800% instead of 100%. Or '1' to show each processor individually. 
   Well, that would make sense...
Cpu0 : 20.2%us, 7.1%sy, 0.0%ni, 72.7%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st Cpu1 : 0.0%us, 0.0%sy, 0.0%ni,100.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st Cpu2 : 0.0%us, 1.0%sy, 0.0%ni, 99.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st Cpu3 : 0.0%us, 0.0%sy, 0.0%ni,100.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st Cpu4 : 0.0%us, 1.0%sy, 0.0%ni, 99.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st Cpu5 : 52.5%us, 13.9%sy, 0.0%ni, 28.7%id, 5.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st Cpu6 : 0.0%us, 0.0%sy, 0.0%ni,100.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st Cpu7 : 0.0%us, 0.0%sy, 0.0%ni,100.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st 
Mem:   2074932k total,   745108k used,  1329824k free,    26328k buffers
Swap:  2096440k total,        0k used,  2096440k free,   547884k cached

   And iostat -x 5 shows:

avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
          8.95    0.00    2.90    0.87    0.00   87.28
Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rsec/s wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util sda 0.00 4.39 0.00 0.40 0.00 38.32 96.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 sdb 214.77 3.39 22.55 1.40 1898.60 44.71 81.13 0.05 2.03 1.71 4.09 sdc 207.58 6.19 18.96 2.00 1812.38 71.86 89.90 0.04 1.83 1.47 3.07 sdd 209.78 0.80 21.16 1.00 1847.50 20.76 84.32 0.05 2.31 1.70 3.77 sde 214.57 2.00 19.36 1.20 1871.46 31.94 92.58 0.03 1.60 1.52 3.13 md0 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.79 0.00 22.36 8.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 md9 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 md8 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 md7 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 md6 0.00 0.00 73.05 4.59 7356.49 36.73 95.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 md5 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 md4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 md3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 md2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 md1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 dm-0 0.00 0.00 73.05 7.39 7356.49 59.08 92.19 0.21 2.59 0.99 7.98 dm-1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
And when the process is done, some 8 and a half minutes later, iostat says: 

avg-cpu:  %user   %nice %system %iowait  %steal   %idle
          0.02    0.00    0.05    0.00    0.00   99.93
Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rsec/s wsec/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util sda 0.00 4.60 0.00 0.40 0.00 40.00 100.00 0.00 4.50 4.50 0.18 sdb 0.00 0.00 0.20 1.00 1.60 14.40 13.33 0.03 24.33 19.17 2.30 sdc 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.40 0.00 32.00 22.86 0.03 13.57 16.86 2.36 sdd 0.00 0.00 0.20 1.00 1.60 14.40 13.33 0.02 24.00 19.00 2.28 sde 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.40 0.00 33.60 24.00 0.04 17.71 21.00 2.94 md0 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.60 0.00 20.80 8.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 md9 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 md8 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 md7 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 md6 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 md5 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 md4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 md3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 md2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 md1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 dm-0 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.60 0.00 20.80 8.00 0.03 6.23 7.31 1.90 dm-1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 


   So, anyone going to make sense out of that please?

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