High load average on Ubuntu 7.10/8.04

[Andrew Carter]

Bruno Friedmann wrote:
> Everything look good. But need to wait the long test result.
> There's two things to comment : the temp is quiet high (54°) My disk is around 36-42.
> and the reallocate_count at 1 indicate sector's reallocation. ( shouldn't be a trouble )
> 
> Perharps you could use the diagnostic tools ( from Dell & Western Digital Drive fitness )
> And make a backup
> 
> 

Thanks for your help Bruno. Here is the output of smartctl -l selftest
/dev/sda after the long test:


=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining
LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%     10235
     -
# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     10234
     -
# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%         0
     -


It looks like it is passing the tests fine. I'll look for the diagnostic
tools. But you don't think this could be a driver or firmware issue?

Andrew