From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 23 19:14:51 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8044010656A5 for ; Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:14:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@southportcomputers.co.uk) Received: from ted.southportcomputers.co.uk (ted.southportcomputers.co.uk [92.48.124.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9ACD8FC26 for ; Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:14:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from office.southportcomputers.co.uk ([78.105.116.12] helo=[192.168.1.68]) by ted.southportcomputers.co.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.71 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1NYlRY-0007GC-7u for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:14:49 +0000 Message-ID: <4B5B4AA4.5090200@southportcomputers.co.uk> Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:14:44 +0000 From: Colin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090817) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <4B596838.9020609@southportcomputers.co.uk> <20100122094546.GB6681@titania.njm.me.uk> <20100122111708.GA67643@icarus.home.lan> <201001221029.43926.jhb@freebsd.org> <4B5B1550.2070906@southportcomputers.co.uk> <20100123183058.GA19836@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20100123183058.GA19836@icarus.home.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ted.southportcomputers.co.uk X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [26 6] / [26 6] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - southportcomputers.co.uk X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: make buildkernel failing on zfs - fixed but now everything is slow X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:14:51 -0000 Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 03:27:12PM +0000, Colin wrote: > >> There's nothing obvious that I can see in any other logfiles, are >> there any tools or other things that I can use to figure out why the >> system is so sluggish now? >> > > A couple things I can think of: > > vmstat -c 30 -w 1 > vmstat -i > vmstat -s > > Thanks for the reply. I must admit that the ins and outs of paging and interrupts are something I don't have much expertise in. I've asked the colo company to look into it but I've put the output of those commands into pastebin incase anything stands out. http://www.pastebin.org/81107 You guys have been very helpful these couple of months so I guess I'd best go find that donate button. Its the least I can do! Cheers, Colin.