Why 'sar -dp' command output shows 'nodev' for certain devices?

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Issue

  • What does 'nodev' mean in "sar -dp" command output?
05:30:01 AM       DEV       tps  rd_sec/s  wr_sec/s  avgrq-sz  avgqu-sz     await     svctm     %util
05:40:01 AM       hda      0.18      0.00      2.60     14.72      0.01     38.17      7.62      0.13
05:40:01 AM      hda1      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
05:40:01 AM      hda2      0.18      0.00      2.60     14.72      0.01     38.17      7.62      0.13
05:40:01 AM     nodev      0.32      0.00      2.60      8.00      0.01     32.71      4.14      0.13
05:40:01 AM     nodev      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7
  • Sysstat-7.0.2

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