Re: [CentOS] Find reason for heavy load

Hi,

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since initially it seems like the high load may be due to I/O wait

Maybe this will help you to identify the IO loading process:

http://dag.wieers.com/blog/red-hat-backported-io-accounting-to-rhel5

Thanks for the suggestion, I did install dstat earlier while trying to figure things out on my own. However, I think my kernel being the older version does not support the latest feature the website was pointing out. Given that it's a live server not within physical touch, I'm a little wary of doing kernel updates that might just kill it :D

I'll try other methods first and see if they help, if not, I'll probably have to bite the bullet and do it over a weekend where I get more time to repair any inadvertent damage.