Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:52:06 +0200 From: Patrik Jansson <fbsd@aleborg.se> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's using the disk so much? Message-ID: <453F5DF6.5070207@aleborg.se> In-Reply-To: <200610251539.21200.nvass@teledomenet.gr> References: <453F5299.6060104@aleborg.se> <200610251539.21200.nvass@teledomenet.gr>
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>> Hi, >> vmstat reports that quite a few processes are waiting for io (disk access) >> so I ran gstat to see how much the drive is working and it says more or >> less 100% constantly. >> How can I determine which process (if it's mostly one single process) is >> using the disk so much? top says the CPU is mostly idle. >> > use "top -m io" I have completly missed that option, thanks. I will also checkout sysustils/lsof which J.A. recommended. -Patrik
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