{"id":57697,"date":"2020-10-08T10:45:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T15:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cpanel.com\/?p=57697"},"modified":"2020-10-08T10:45:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T15:45:49","slug":"disk-io-errors-troubleshooting-on-linux-servers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/tips-and-tricks\/disk-io-errors-troubleshooting-on-linux-servers\/","title":{"rendered":"Disk IO Errors: Troubleshooting on Linux Servers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Disk IO errors (input\/output) issues are a common cause of poor performance on web hosting servers. Hard drives have speed limits, and if software tries to read or write too much data too quickly, applications and users are forced to wait. To put it another way, storage devices can be a bottleneck that stops the server from reaching its full performance potential. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Disk IO is not the only cause of slow servers, so in this article, we\u2019ll explain how to use Linux IO stats to identify disk IO issues and how to diagnose and fix servers with storage bottlenecks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What Are the Symptoms of Disk IO Errors?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Because disk IO is so important to server performance, it can manifest in many different ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Increased website latency: <\/strong>sites hosted on the server take longer to load than expected. <\/li>
High server load<\/strong>: <\/em><\/strong>excessive IO can cause other components, including the CPU, to work harder. You can learn more about measuring server load in Troubleshooting High Server Loads<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>