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From: rtp1@quads.uchicago.edu (raymond thomas pierrehumbert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: DN10k slowing down
Message-ID: <1991Mar26.215242.23011@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: 26 Mar 91 21:52:42 GMT
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My DN10K running 10.1p is experiencing a peculiar problem.  User
response is slowing down dramatically, even when there is only
one user and no user background processes (e.g. compiles take
much longer than usual, logons take forever).  When I'm next to
the cpu, I hear extensive and repeated disk-seek noises even
when there is nothing in particular going on that should access
the disk.  

If I reboot the 10k, everything is ok for a little while, but
then the problem comes back.  

Has anybody experienced anything similar?  Does this have anything
to do with the "runaway init" process I've heard about here 
previously?  If I contact the support line, are they likely to
be of any help (I haven't had the stomach to try them for about a year now)
.