Very high load average but no cpu utilization ?

From: "Rajesh Kumar Mallah(dot)" <mallah(at)trade-india(dot)com>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Very high load average but no cpu utilization ?
Date: 2002-05-11 04:37:47
Message-ID: 200205111007.47338.mallah@trade-india.com
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Hi Again,

10:22am up 15:06, 1 user, load average: 9.02, 9.02, 8.98
85 processes: 73 sleeping, 1 running, 11 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU states: 0.0% user, 0.4% system, 0.0% nice, 99.4% idle
Mem: 1028484K av, 1017488K used, 10996K free, 0K shrd, 8996K buff
Swap: 971004K av, 240344K used, 730660K free 760208K
cached

In my postgresql server load avearge is very high but cpu is 99.4 % idle

this is not strictly a pgsql issue but , can anyone tell me how can i
find what is loading my server heavily

regds
Mallah.

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