I was copying some large files (1 GB each) via scp and noticed the load went up. I also noticed this in the log: "mtrr: type mismatch for fd000000,800000 old: uncachable new: write-combining" top: top - 14:30:27 up 2:24, 5 users, load average: 4.47, 2.65, 1.16 Tasks: 112 total, 4 running, 108 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 37.1% us, 17.2% sy, 0.0% ni, 36.3% id, 8.7% wa, 0.7% hi, 0.0% si Mem: 4025072k total, 4009104k used, 15968k free, 3108k buffers Swap: 2040212k total, 152k used, 2040060k free, 3838652k cached vmstat: procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- ----cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa 5 0 152 17104 3448 3837272 0 0 252 294 68 453 8 7 84 1 2 1 152 16856 3440 3835980 0 0 14990 38994 1398 7416 35 17 44 4 3 0 152 15728 3432 3839108 0 0 14608 94 1385 7387 33 15 44 Any tips to some tests to figure out whats going on? I am using kernel 2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp
