Re: SAR for Linux?

Kurt Wall (kwall@xmission.com)
Fri, 12 Mar 1999 16:21:36 -0700


On Fri, Mar 12, 1999 at 03:14:23PM -0800, Matthew Brown wrote:
> It doesn't seem as if there is a version of the 'sar' system
> performance monitor for Linux, so I set out to start making one.
> However, it doesn't seem as if much of the needed information is
> available; not nearly enough performance stats are kept. Am I
> overlooking anything?

"top" is a good start; "vmstat" might be helpful in your quest; the
/proc filesystem is a veritable embarassment of riches.

Kurt

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