high iowait

[Kaushal Shriyan]

On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Dirk Deimeke <dirk at deimeke.net> wrote:
> Answering Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan at gmail.com>
> (Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:45:04 +0530):
>
>>> Use iotop, shows exactly which is doing what and if it uses mostly reads
>>> or writes.
>>> Sander
>
>> Please suggest
>
> Is there any reason for you not to follow Sanders advice?
>
> Dirk
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Hi Dirk,

I have installed iotop already on my server. The issue is that i need
to closely watch it regularly, is there a way i get notified when
there is a high IO activity using iotop. I searched the web and saw
sar utility too. Hence the question.

Please suggest further.

Thanks

Kaushal