high context switching and high load averages slowing down system
Joseph D. Wagner
theman at josephdwagner.info
Wed Jul 27 22:01:11 UTC 2005
This is the EXT3 File System mailing list. I don't mean to be rude; it's just that you may get better answers to your questions on another mailing list.
> Any ideas on why this is happening and how to fix it?
Off the top of my head, it sounds like your system is thrashing. Is there some out-of-control process hogging all the memory?
Some links I found on google.com include:
http://www.unix.org.ua/orelly/oracle/guide8i/ch05_01.htm
The 2.6 kernel has better multitasking capabilities. You may want to try building a custom kernel with SMP and 4 GB High Memory with Preemptive Multitasking turned on.
But like I said, this is all off the top of my head.
Joseph D. Wagner
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