Ok, so in theory assuming no processes use hd resources then there should be no HD activity.
On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 11:36 AM, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Mag Gam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is more of a theoretical Unix question, > > > > When there are no users on the system, the system is idle, would there > still > > be I/O activity on the root disks? > > > > If so, what processes will be doing the I/O ? > > Depends entirely on what services you have running, crontab jobs, etc. > > If you have 0 services installed then there should be no harddrive > activity after booting. > > You can check this with vmstat > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
