Title: Excessive I/O usage
Last modified: August 25, 2020

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# Excessive I/O usage

 *  Resolved [rosbiffer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rosbiffer/)
 * (@rosbiffer)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excessive-i-o-usage/)
 * I am having issues with the jetpack plugin maxing out the I/O usage on my website.
   My site basically crashed due to I/O usage reaching its limit (1 MB/s) and also
   reaching the 1GB limit on physical memory usage. Deactivating Jetpack dropped
   these back to normal.
 * Is there a setting I can change or an option I can deselect to reduce this usage?

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 *  Plugin Support [darnelldibbles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darnelldibbles/)
 * (@darnelldibbles)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excessive-i-o-usage/#post-13313356)
 * Hi there,
 * Does having Jetpack the only plugin activated still cause this I/O usage issue?
 * I wanted to see if there is a plugin conflict causing the max out.
 * Regardless, I would deactivate any Jetpack modules that you are not using as 
   this could contribute to more processing.
 * [https://jetpack.com/support/control-jetpacks-modules-on-one-page/](https://jetpack.com/support/control-jetpacks-modules-on-one-page/)
 * A majority of Jetpack is processed on our end and is designed to speed up your
   site, such as the site accelerator:
 * [https://jetpack.com/support/site-accelerator/](https://jetpack.com/support/site-accelerator/)
 * So, I’d be interested in seeing if you still have the same issues with only Jetpack
   activated.
 * Hope this helps!
 *  Thread Starter [rosbiffer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rosbiffer/)
 * (@rosbiffer)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excessive-i-o-usage/#post-13323937)
 * I’ve just had to deactivate jetpack again due to it slowing down our site massively.
   As soon as I deactivate it page load times drop from 10s+ to a second or so. 
   The I/O usage is unpredictable so I cannot guarantee it happening whilst I am
   troubleshooting. It is a production site so I cannot deactivate other plugins…
 *  Plugin Support [KokkieH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kokkieh/)
 * (@kokkieh)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excessive-i-o-usage/#post-13326385)
 * Have you tried disabling individual Jetpack modules, and only enable those for
   the features you want to use?
 *  Thread Starter [rosbiffer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rosbiffer/)
 * (@rosbiffer)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excessive-i-o-usage/#post-13327521)
 * Yes, tried that. I don’t know if it’s some conflict with another plugin but because
   it is not predictable I cannot troubleshoot (and I cannot disable plugins to 
   see as it is a production site)

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excessive-i-o-usage/#post-13327521)
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