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    SubjectRe: Slocate/backup, big load on 2.4.X
    Lukasz Trabinski <lukasz@lt.wsisiz.edu.pl> wrote:
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    > After 12 hours of reboot, when updatedb is running or backup via amanda,
    > system "get" very high load,

    High load isn't necesarily a problem - it just means that a lot of
    processes are waiting on disk I/O. Because updatedb is flogging the disks.

    Do a full "ps aux" listing and you'll probably see lots of processes in "D"
    state, waiting for the disk head to seek across and read whatever it is
    they are trying to read.

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