NotReady node with high load and many D state processes in OpenShift 4

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Issue

  • There is a node in NotReady status with very high load and many processes in D state.
  • The load average shown for the node is very high, while there are no processes using excessive CPU.

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP)
    • 4
  • Node

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