Re: id field of top command?

[Brian Tillman <mailinglists briantillman com>]

On Jun 1, 2008, at 2:40 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:

> On Sun, 2008-06-01 at 11:06 -1000, Dave Burns wrote:
> > I've got a server that is running slow (slow to log in, commands on
> > command line take way longer than usual). But the top command doesn't
> > say much (that I understand). The one interesting item is a 99.7%
> > value in the 'id' field at the top of the output. Reading man page  
> > and
> > googling has left me no wiser, unless it means 'idle'. Anyone know
> > what it stands for?
>
> It means 'idle'.
>
> > Nothing in the log to indicate being busy or having problems that
> > would slow it down.
>
> You system appears to be essentially unloaded. Don't see why  
> logging in
> should take a long time, unless it's a remote session over a congested
> or error-prone network.
>
> poc

Take a look at disk i/o with iostat

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