From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 27 23:18:10 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA18977 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 27 Dec 1995 23:18:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from hemi.com (hemi.com [204.132.158.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA18972 for ; Wed, 27 Dec 1995 23:18:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mbarkah@localhost) by hemi.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id AAA11252 for hackers@freebsd.org; Thu, 28 Dec 1995 00:17:47 -0700 From: Ade Barkah Message-Id: <199512280717.AAA11252@hemi.com> Subject: what does negative iostat sps mean anyway ? To: hackers@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 00:17:47 -0700 (MST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hello, I get negative 'sectors transfered per second' (sps) value from iostat sometimes. What does it actually mean ? I didn't know sps was directional. sd0 sd1 cd0 cpu sps tps msps sps tps msps sps tps msps us ni sy in id -5 0 0.8 -3 0 0.9 0 0 0.0 1 3 5 1 90 Sorry for such a dumb question, -Ade -------------------------------------------------------------------- Inet: mbarkah@hemi.com - HEMISPHERE ONLINE - www: --------------------------------------------------------------------