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Subject: [ale] usb drives suck
From: brian at polibyte.com (Brian Pitts)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:34:52 -0500
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On 01/25/2010 02:34 PM, Geoffrey wrote:
> I don't get that either.  Right now, load average is 7.5, 6.49, 4.6
> I'm running an rsync of /home to an external usb drive.
> 
> I guarantee you, once it finishes, load average will drop below 1.
> 

If you rsynced home to another internal drive, maybe you'd see similar
load. Probably this is causing lots of seeks on the drive hosting /home.
You could try using ionice to run rsync with idle priority.

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All the best,
Brian Pitts

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  - From: lists at serioustechnology.com (Geoffrey)
- [ale] usb drives suck
  - From: ecashin at noserose.net (Ed Cashin)
- [ale] usb drives suck
  - From: lists at serioustechnology.com (Geoffrey)

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