How to fix high Load WA in command top

[Taufik Rizki]

Hello,

Please help, how to deal with high traffic on WA, which I attached a photo, because the effect of high WA makes me unable to access WHM.



Please help everyone.

 

[ffeingol]

Hello,

WA is IO wait time. That means the server is waiting to read/write. Unless you are collocating the equipment, that's prob. something you need to talk to your provider about.

 

[hmaddy]

I request you to check the i/o on server. check the output of iotop -o

 

[Taufik Rizki]

Hello,

WA is IO wait time. That means the server is waiting to read/write. Unless you are collocating the equipment, that's prob. something you need to talk to your provider about.

I request you to check the i/o on server. check the output of iotop -o

I tried to run the command "sar" and the following information appears:




from the information, please help to solve this problem. What steps should I take?

 

[cPanelBrianK]

I am sorry to see that you are experiencing high I/O wait times on your server @Taufik Rizki. To better understand the issue you are facing, I advise reviewing the following articles.

What is considered high I/O?

What is IOWait relative to the sar command and when should I be concerned?


When reviewing drive wait time spikes, it is important to determine what processes or write tasks are causing this. While the provided information is not enough to determine this information, we do have the following articles that detail how you can review this type of behavior.

How to diagnose high I/O and high load with iotop

How to diagnose high loads with the "iostat" command