Re: kjournald process = %50

From: Lars Heidieker (lars_at_heidieker.de)
Date: 05/26/04


Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 09:26:50 +0200

I have seen such a behavior if the drives don't use udma.
If udma is disabled try enabling it.

On Tue, 25 May 2004 13:19:43 -0700, cent wrote:

> Using RedHat ES 2.1, kernel 2.4.9-e.38, as viewed in TOP, I am seeing
> the kjournald process consuming about 50% of my CPU time. Sometimes it
> is close to 0%, but much of the time it is around 50%. My users are
> complaining about slow transfers to and from the server. I did not
> see much related information about kjournald by searching the
> newsgroups.
>
> Is this typical? A know problem? Is there a way to fix it?
>
>
> Thanks.



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