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