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