[CentOS] everything seems to hang, but system is idle?

> 
> Thanx Geoff,
> 
> Already checked that, without any decent lead either:


Have you tried iostat, vmstat or sar to see if there is unusual activity?
Were there any changes to the kernel lately (such as an update or a new
module)?

Or perhaps an NFS/CIFS mount gone wonky causing blocking?  


-geoff


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