Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Mar 1996 09:07:38 +0100 (MET) | From | Ronald Wahl <> | Subject | Re: strange disk activity |
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On Wed, 27 Mar 1996, Bryn Paul Arnold Jones wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Mar 1996, Ronald Wahl wrote: > > Hi > > > > Since 1.3.7x (I suppose since 1.3.77) I notice a access to my scsi-disk > > with the root filesystem every 8-10 seconds. There are no active > > processes. There are no unusual syslog entries. > > > > Any suggestions what the reason can be? > > > Low priority swaping (ie kswapd), anyone agree ?
kswapd runs with a nicevalue of -12 which means a high priority. But this can't be the reason for the disk activity - there is nothing to swap. cat /proc/meminfo doesn't change. I've measured the time between the disk accesses again and it is exact 10 seconds.
ron
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