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11-22-2012, 04:00 AM
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Registered: Feb 2006
Distribution: debian squeeze
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check system load
hi.
i am running a server on my debian without gui. i would like to see the current CPU load and ram usage.
top is not useful.
any ideas?
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11-22-2012, 04:06 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 10,532
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Quote:
Originally Posted by binary_dreamer
i am running a server on my debian without gui. i would like to see the current CPU load and ram usage.
top is not useful.
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Have a look at free, sar, vmstat and/or iostat |
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11-22-2012, 06:13 AM
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Registered: Aug 2009
Distribution: Debian testing
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And htop.
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11-22-2012, 07:28 AM
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Registered: May 2001
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...and mpstat, atop, dstat, collectl.
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11-22-2012, 12:37 PM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Australia
Distribution: Lots ...
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As a minimalist I tend to go to the source - /proc/loadavg
For the RAM, "free -m".
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