I have 4-way where vmstat is showing high run queues, but also showing
high idle cpu precentage. The rest of the values appear nominal. Any
thoughts?

vmstat 5 | sed '1,20d'

kthr memory page faults cpu
----- ----------- ------------------------ ------------ -----------
r b avm fre re pi po fr sr cy in sy cs us sy id wa
14 0 2232991 1471674 0 0 0 0 0 0 617 10137 554 4 1 94
1
1 0 2236672 1467938 0 0 0 0 0 0 670 3745 774 6 1 92
1
5 0 2234160 1470396 0 0 0 0 0 0 538 2408 440 12 1 87
1
15 0 2238494 1466033 0 0 0 0 0 0 771 6881 1072 8 4 87
1
1 0 2241770 1462696 0 0 0 0 0 0 753 5515 968 2 2 95
1
1 1 2240780 1463595 0 0 0 0 0 0 732 3138 857 1 1 96
2
9 1 2237011 1467354 0 0 0 0 0 0 695 3280 725 1 2 96
1
1 0 2242552 1461806 0 0 0 0 0 0 725 5188 861 2 2 95
1
1 0 2240229 1464115 0 0 0 0 0 0 558 1725 418 5 1 94
1

tcarroll+google@chimesnet.com (Tom Carroll) wrote in message news:<dcb3aac0.0406301010.1ccd5157@posting.google. com>...
> I have 4-way where vmstat is showing high run queues, but also showing
> high idle cpu precentage. The rest of the values appear nominal. Any
> thoughts?
>
> vmstat 5 | sed '1,20d'
>
> kthr memory page faults cpu
> ----- ----------- ------------------------ ------------ -----------
> r b avm fre re pi po fr sr cy in sy cs us sy id wa
> 14 0 2232991 1471674 0 0 0 0 0 0 617 10137 554 4 1 94
> 1
> 1 0 2236672 1467938 0 0 0 0 0 0 670 3745 774 6 1 92
> 1
> 5 0 2234160 1470396 0 0 0 0 0 0 538 2408 440 12 1 87
> 1
> 15 0 2238494 1466033 0 0 0 0 0 0 771 6881 1072 8 4 87
> 1
> 1 0 2241770 1462696 0 0 0 0 0 0 753 5515 968 2 2 95
> 1
> 1 1 2240780 1463595 0 0 0 0 0 0 732 3138 857 1 1 96
> 2
> 9 1 2237011 1467354 0 0 0 0 0 0 695 3280 725 1 2 96
> 1
> 1 0 2242552 1461806 0 0 0 0 0 0 725 5188 861 2 2 95
> 1
> 1 0 2240229 1464115 0 0 0 0 0 0 558 1725 418 5 1 94
> 1


run pprof to see whats runnable and whats being forked ...

Rgds
Mark Taylor

Ummm that isn't your idle at 80's and 90's that is your wait on IO.
You have a disk issue, a big one.



tcarroll+google@chimesnet.com (Tom Carroll) wrote in message news:<dcb3aac0.0406301010.1ccd5157@posting.google. com>...
> I have 4-way where vmstat is showing high run queues, but also showing
> high idle cpu precentage. The rest of the values appear nominal. Any
> thoughts?
>
> vmstat 5 | sed '1,20d'
>
> kthr memory page faults cpu
> ----- ----------- ------------------------ ------------ -----------
> r b avm fre re pi po fr sr cy in sy cs us sy id wa
> 14 0 2232991 1471674 0 0 0 0 0 0 617 10137 554 4 1 94
> 1
> 1 0 2236672 1467938 0 0 0 0 0 0 670 3745 774 6 1 92
> 1
> 5 0 2234160 1470396 0 0 0 0 0 0 538 2408 440 12 1 87
> 1
> 15 0 2238494 1466033 0 0 0 0 0 0 771 6881 1072 8 4 87
> 1
> 1 0 2241770 1462696 0 0 0 0 0 0 753 5515 968 2 2 95
> 1
> 1 1 2240780 1463595 0 0 0 0 0 0 732 3138 857 1 1 96
> 2
> 9 1 2237011 1467354 0 0 0 0 0 0 695 3280 725 1 2 96
> 1
> 1 0 2242552 1461806 0 0 0 0 0 0 725 5188 861 2 2 95
> 1
> 1 0 2240229 1464115 0 0 0 0 0 0 558 1725 418 5 1 94
> 1

Nevermind! Just saw the 1 wrap around on the new line



tcarroll+google@chimesnet.com (Tom Carroll) wrote in message news:<dcb3aac0.0406301010.1ccd5157@posting.google. com>...
> I have 4-way where vmstat is showing high run queues, but also showing
> high idle cpu precentage. The rest of the values appear nominal. Any
> thoughts?
>
> vmstat 5 | sed '1,20d'
>
> kthr memory page faults cpu
> ----- ----------- ------------------------ ------------ -----------
> r b avm fre re pi po fr sr cy in sy cs us sy id wa
> 14 0 2232991 1471674 0 0 0 0 0 0 617 10137 554 4 1 94
> 1
> 1 0 2236672 1467938 0 0 0 0 0 0 670 3745 774 6 1 92
> 1
> 5 0 2234160 1470396 0 0 0 0 0 0 538 2408 440 12 1 87
> 1
> 15 0 2238494 1466033 0 0 0 0 0 0 771 6881 1072 8 4 87
> 1
> 1 0 2241770 1462696 0 0 0 0 0 0 753 5515 968 2 2 95
> 1
> 1 1 2240780 1463595 0 0 0 0 0 0 732 3138 857 1 1 96
> 2
> 9 1 2237011 1467354 0 0 0 0 0 0 695 3280 725 1 2 96
> 1
> 1 0 2242552 1461806 0 0 0 0 0 0 725 5188 861 2 2 95
> 1
> 1 0 2240229 1464115 0 0 0 0 0 0 558 1725 418 5 1 94
> 1