Linux high IOwait is a common Linux performance issue. Today we will look at what iowait means and what contributes to this problem. Hope this can give you more ideas about high IOwait issue.
IO wait is related to the CPU resource on the server.
The iowait column on top command output shows the percentage of time that the processor was waiting for I/O to complete. It indicates that the system is waiting on disk or network IO. Because the system is waiting on those resources, it can not fully utilize the CPU.