Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 2 Mar 2001 16:53:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 2 Mar 2001 16:53:39 -0500 Received: from [208.204.44.103] ([208.204.44.103]:54277 "EHLO warpcore.provalue.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 2 Mar 2001 16:53:23 -0500 Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 15:03:30 -0600 (CST) From: Collectively Unconscious To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: I/O problem with sustained writes In-Reply-To: <3AA00D5A.44FA21D0@mandrakesoft.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org We are having a problem with writes. They start at 14 M/s for the first hour and then drop to 2.5 M/s and stay that way. Reads do not seem effected and we've noticed this on the 2.2.16, 2.2.17, 2.2.18 and now the 2.2.19pre11 kernels. These are SMP P-IIIs from 450 to 800 MHz. Redhat 6.2 Jay - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/