On 15 Nov 2024, at 22:59, Stephen Morris steve.morris.au@gmail.com wrote:
(the hard disk light is permanently on, not flickering)
There are better tools for investigating this type of I/O issue.
You could have a read of this article that explains how to track down disk I/O issues: https://www.baeldung.com/linux/monitor-disk-io
If you are interested in systems performance have a look at getting Brendan Gregg's "Systems Performance" book.
Barry