[ale] why would it take longer to delete a file than tocreateit?

[brian at polibyte.com (Brian Pitts)]

On 05/07/2010 05:17 PM, John G. Heim wrote:
> Iostats is reporting iowait in the 30%-50% range.  Its 17% since it was 
> booted 223 days ago.
> 
> Well, I am in the process of setting up a replacement database server 
> anyway. I just wanted to figure out what was wrong with the old machine so I 
> could make sure I didn't make the same mistake on the new server.

You may find this helpful

http://www.cmdln.org/2010/04/22/analyzing-io-performance-in-linux/

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All the best,
Brian Pitts