Weird high load on server

[Dan Track]

On 7/19/05, Drew from Zhrodague <drew at zhrodague.net> wrote:
> >>>>> Hope you experts can help me out here.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Basically I have server running at a very high load 2.44, although
> >>>>> nothing is noticably high when using top. There aren't any processes
> >>>>> running on the box except the standard linux OS tools. This box is
> >>>>> used for backup, and only becomes active during the night.
> 
> 
> 
> >>> I've looked at these but can't see anything. The server doesn't mount
> >>> or export any filesystems using nfs or any other protocol. If it helps
> >>> here are the various outputs:
> >>>
> >>>  uptime
> >>>  14:45:49  up 62 days, 43 min,  2 users,  load average: 1.46, 1.57, 1.59
> 
> >>> Anyone have any ideas. Literally the box is sitting there not doing
> >>> anything that has been scheduled.
> >>>
> >>> This happens occassionally then the load spontaneously goes down. Do
> >>> you reckon it has something to do with the raid 5?
> >>
> >> ps auxw | grep " D "
> >>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I get the following:
> >
> > ps auxw | grep " D "
> > root     15802  0.0  0.1  3688  660 pts/0    S    16:06   0:00 grep  D
> 
> 
>         Run top, and take a look!
> 
>         Also, cat /proc/mdstat - if you're rebuilding your RAID, it can
> suck away CPU cycles.


Problem is mdstat doesn't show the raid in the compaq system. Is there
another way to view the whats going on in the hardware raid?

Thanks
Dan