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Re: Biowait

 
skt_skt
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‎12-10-2007 01:11 PM

‎12-10-2007 01:11 PM

Biowait

Below is a portion of a crash.txt collected after running the q4 .

"syswait array

Processor Biowait
==================
0 61
1 48

I am trying to understand the significance of Biowait here.
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Sameer_Nirmal
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‎12-10-2007 02:53 PM

‎12-10-2007 02:53 PM

Re: Biowait

"Biowait" stands for "Buffer IO wait".

This parameter comes under a process IO waiting context (WCHAN). It signifies the number of seconds an outstanding IO was waiting for the buffer space (to/fro).
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whiteknight
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‎12-10-2007 06:58 PM

‎12-10-2007 06:58 PM

Re: Biowait

Santhosh,

the processes are in wait state, Nothing to concern about.

WK
Problem never ends, you must know how to fix it
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skt_skt
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‎02-17-2008 06:03 PM

‎02-17-2008 06:03 PM

Re: Biowait

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