Aleph slow / exceptionally high iowait%
- Article Type: General
- Product: Aleph
- Product Version: 20
Problem Symptoms:
Extreme slowness in production Aleph instance. "top" shows wa% (iowait%) very high (40-60%).
Cause:
Netbackup and RMAN daily backups taking too long.
Resolution:
Use Snapshot backup instead of Netbackup/RMAN. Move (hosted) site to more powerful server.
Category: System Management (500)
Subject: Performance
- Article last edited: 10/8/2013