[CALUG] Linux resource usage

[Jason C. Miller]

True.  But I would like some fine-grained statistics (per second, if 
needed) without muddying the network.  This just skews the I/O results 
anyway.

On Mon, 26 Jan 2009, Jason Dixon wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 04:14:41PM -0500, Jason C. Miller wrote:
>> Hey all.  :)
>>
>> I'm looking for a good way to monitor resource usage for a linux machine.
>> Redirecting 'top' to a file only goes so far and I'm NOT looking to do
>> something as drastic as SNMP.  Here's what I'm looking for
>> in a solution:
>>
>> 1. No extra software purchase/download necessary
>> 2. If software download is mandatory, that it be extremely minimalistic
>> 3. Uses the default linux toolbox of utilities
>> 4. Something thorough (seperate CPUs, memory, I/O)
>>
>> It could be that something simple already exists and that I've missed it.
>> If you know of a cool utility, script, or method that I can use to
>> accomplish this, please chime in.
>
> There's nothing drastic about SNMP.  It's very simple once you have the
> basic command string and was designed for what you want.
>
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> Jason Dixon
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