Difference between revisions of "Vmstat"

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= See also =
 
= See also =
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* [[diagnostics]]
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* [[xosview]]
 
* [[iostat]]
 
* [[iostat]]
 
* [[sar]]
 
* [[sar]]
 
* [[top]]
 
* [[top]]
 
* [http://man-wiki.net/index.php/8:vmstat The vmstat man page]
 
* [http://man-wiki.net/index.php/8:vmstat The vmstat man page]

Revision as of 13:52, 11 December 2010

vmstat is a command that allows you to watch what your computer is doing, e.g. how many blocks are read in a specified timeframe.

To watch what has happened in 10 second-intervalls, issue:

$ vmstat 10
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- -----cpu------
 <html>r  b   swpd   free</html>   buff  cache   <html>si   so    bi    bo   in</html>   cs <html>us sy id wa st</html>
 1  0    304 2211340 534660 453608    0    0     2     1    1    0  2  0 97  1  0
 0  0    304 2211356 534660 453608    0    0     0     5  343 1393  0  0 100  0  0
 0  0    304 2211388 534660 453608    0    0     0     0  321 1248  0  0 100  0  0
 0  0    304 2211380 534660 453608    0    0     0     4  361 1447  0  0 100  0  0

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