-----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Shaw Sent: 30 November 2009 10:56 PM To: Community assistance, encouragement,and advice for using Fedora. Subject: Re: Assistance finding out what process is writing to the disk drive On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 2:44 PM, John Nissley <jnissley@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have a Fedora 11 server running 2.6.30.9-96.fc11.x86_64. I recently > noticed that my hard drive light is on constantly and was wondering how I > can determine what is accessing the hard disk so much. After boot the hard > disk is acting normally for a few minutes to a few hours and then the hard > drive light is lit up constantly. > > I have tried ps -ef to see if there was anything running that I do not know > about and there is not. Is there any way for me to determine which process > is consistently using the hard disk? I use iotop but there is probably a way to do it without installing anything new... Richard You could parse the output of lsof. A script such as the one at http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-kernel-70/how-to-track-which-process-is-accessing-disk-505736/#post2523041 can do that for you. Sanya ******************** Nedbank Limited Reg No 1951/000009/06. The following link displays the names of the Nedbank Board of Directors and Company Secretary. [ http://www.nedbank.co.za/terms/DirectorsNedbank.htm ] This email is confidential and is intended for the addressee only. The following link will take you to Nedbank's legal notice. [ http://www.nedbank.co.za/terms/EmailDisclaimer.htm ] ******************** -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
