If R (runqueue) is greater in B (waitqueue) in vmstat, is is I/O bound?

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If the runqueue is the number of processes waiting for their turn on the CPU + processes currently running, and waitqueue is the number of processes waiting for I/O, then wouldn’t B in the vmstat output being greater than R mean that there is an I/O bound, not CPU bound? I am confused because the link below says the opposite ...
From http://nonfunctionaltestingtools.blogspot.com/2013/03/vmstat-output-explained.html?m=1



“If runnable threads (r) divided by the number of CPU is greater than one -> possible CPU bottleneck (The (r) coulmn should be compared with number of CPUs (logical CPUs as in uptime) if we have enough CPUs or we have more threads.) High numbers in the blocked processes column (b) indicates slow disks. (r) should always be higher than (b); if it is not, it usually means you have a CPU bottleneck”









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    If the runqueue is the number of processes waiting for their turn on the CPU + processes currently running, and waitqueue is the number of processes waiting for I/O, then wouldn’t B in the vmstat output being greater than R mean that there is an I/O bound, not CPU bound? I am confused because the link below says the opposite ...
    From http://nonfunctionaltestingtools.blogspot.com/2013/03/vmstat-output-explained.html?m=1



    “If runnable threads (r) divided by the number of CPU is greater than one -> possible CPU bottleneck (The (r) coulmn should be compared with number of CPUs (logical CPUs as in uptime) if we have enough CPUs or we have more threads.) High numbers in the blocked processes column (b) indicates slow disks. (r) should always be higher than (b); if it is not, it usually means you have a CPU bottleneck”









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      From http://nonfunctionaltestingtools.blogspot.com/2013/03/vmstat-output-explained.html?m=1



      “If runnable threads (r) divided by the number of CPU is greater than one -> possible CPU bottleneck (The (r) coulmn should be compared with number of CPUs (logical CPUs as in uptime) if we have enough CPUs or we have more threads.) High numbers in the blocked processes column (b) indicates slow disks. (r) should always be higher than (b); if it is not, it usually means you have a CPU bottleneck”









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      If the runqueue is the number of processes waiting for their turn on the CPU + processes currently running, and waitqueue is the number of processes waiting for I/O, then wouldn’t B in the vmstat output being greater than R mean that there is an I/O bound, not CPU bound? I am confused because the link below says the opposite ...
      From http://nonfunctionaltestingtools.blogspot.com/2013/03/vmstat-output-explained.html?m=1



      “If runnable threads (r) divided by the number of CPU is greater than one -> possible CPU bottleneck (The (r) coulmn should be compared with number of CPUs (logical CPUs as in uptime) if we have enough CPUs or we have more threads.) High numbers in the blocked processes column (b) indicates slow disks. (r) should always be higher than (b); if it is not, it usually means you have a CPU bottleneck”







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