eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by IOWaitTest

The IOWaitTest reports the CPU utilization of processes waiting for input or output. This test works on Solaris, Linux, and HPUX platforms only. The measures made by the test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Wait_IO_cpu_util Indicates the percentage of CPU utilized by processes waiting for input or output Percent

If this percentage exceeds 10%, it indicates a critical issue which needs to be addressed immediately.