Does CPU utilization from iowait increase only during the initial period of StorageGRID node decommissioning?
Applies to
- StorageGRID OS 11.6 or later
- Decommission connected grid nodes
Answer
No, CPU utilization from
iowait
doesn't increase only during the initial period of StorageGRID node decommissioning. It remains high throughout the entire process.Additional Information
CPU utilization from

iowait
of this specific node increases up to 5 times (from 10% to 50%) during decommissioning, indicating that the disk system is the bottleneck.sum by (mode)(irate(node_cpu_seconds_total{instance="issued storage node name",mode!~'idle|guest|nice'}[5m])) * 100 / count by (mode)(node_cpu_seconds_total{instance="issued storage node name",mode!~'idle|guest|nice'})

