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Old 04-12-2008, 01:03 AM
Ulrich Windl
 
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Default Re: top command ; wait defined

Bryan <bryan.engebretsen@sage.com> writes:

> Running the top command on an old SCO 7.1 box. The wait is ~85.0%.
> Can someone explain to me what the wait field represents?


I gues "wait" is "I/O wait", waiting for devices, usually disks...

>
> Much appreciated.

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