analyze disk usage
January 11th, 2008 at 6:15pm |
echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/block_dump
enables you to see via dmesg and syslog which application is accessign the disk and for doing what
blktrace
from blktrace package (sudo apt-get install blktrace) is also useful since it prompts you with those applications that access your hd the most. Use it this way:
bltrace /dev/sda
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