[PLUG] vmstat question

[Matt Alexander]

Can someone explain how to track down which processes are waiting to
run when listed by vmstat?  For example, vmstat might show 15 procs
waiting for run time.  How can I find out what those processes
actually are?  Or more importantly, how can I determine what is
bogging the system down?
Here's a sample output from vmstat:

   procs                      memory      swap          io     system      cpu
 r  b  w   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in    cs us sy id
17  0  1 310860   6924   1264  10564    0    0     0     0  123  1606  1  1 98
16  0  1 310856   6924   1252  10580    0   24     0    24  122  1633  1  1 98
18  0  1 310892   6924   1248  10548    0   24     0    24  126  1626  1  1 98
17  0  1 310520   6796   1260  11012   24    4   140     4  129  1659  2  2 96
17  0  1 309856   6524   1236  11840  156  100   300   108  182  1636 13  3 84
16  0  1 309796   6500   1236  11900    0    0     0     0  124  1621  1  1 98

Thanks,
~M

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