vmstat bi disk read or write?

From: utkanbir (hopehope_123_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/27/04 

Date: 26 May 2004 23:34:54 -0700

Hi ,

According to the manuals vmstat bi column shows blocks send to the
device (so disk write)

But during monitoring the system , i see a huge bi value in vmstat ,
but a huge read value in sar -x output + disk read value in oracle
database but no write. It seems bi shows disk reads not writes.

What's wrong here gurus? I will be appreciated for comments,

Kind Regards,
tolga

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