[mythtv-users] 'wa' field in 'top' is +90% when recording a show

[Steven Adeff]

On 3/21/06, Daniel Walton <dwalton at cisco.com> wrote:
> > > My cpu has been pegged due to wa for 10 minutes now.
> >
> > have you used top to see what CPU the LVM is using?
>
> LVM isn't using much cpu at all, it doesn't show up in the top 30 or so
> processes in top.
>
>
> > Did you go with a striped LVM?
>
> I'm not sure, I followed the LvmHowTo from the knoppmythwiki
>
> http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=LvmHowTo
>
> It doesn't mention this being a striped setup.

hrmm, do what John said to check your drives, it is possible one has issues.

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Steve