Re: [bitfolk] Checking VPS performance

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Author: Duane at e164 dot org
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To: Robert Leverington
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Subject: Re: [bitfolk] Checking VPS performance

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Robert Leverington wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Recently my VPS has begun performing certain IO intensive operations
> notable slower, in some cases maildirs that can take less than a second
> to open under ideal circumstances have been taking up to a minute to
> load. I am told by Andy that iowait on the host server (barbar) is not
> high at the moment, so it is likely to be something to do with the VPS
> itself.
>
> Can anyone suggest any diagnostic measures I can take to identify where
> the performance issue is? I have never had to deal with such a
> situation before, and Google is not offering a significant amount of
> guidance.


Check free memory, most IO on virtuals happen when swapping starts.

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