20 Command Line Tools To Monitor Linux Performance

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20CommandLineToolstoMonitorLinuxPerformance
ByRaviSaiveUnder:LinuxCommands,MonitoringToolsOn:April27,2014
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ItsreallyverytoughjobforeverySystemorNetworkadministratortomonitoranddebugLinuxSystemPerformanceproblemseveryday.AfterbeingaLinux
Administratorfor5yearsinITindustry,Icametoknowthathowhardistomonitorandkeepsystemsupandrunning.Forthisreason,wevecompiledthelistof
Top20frequentlyusedcommandlinemonitoringtoolsthatmightbeusefulforeveryLinux/UnixSystemAdministrator.Thesecommandsareavailableunderall
flavorsofLinuxandcanbeusefultomonitorandfindtheactualcausesofperformanceproblem.Thislistofcommandsshownhereareveryenoughforyoutopick
theonethatissuitableforyourmonitoringscenario.
LinuxCommandLineMonitoring
1.TopLinuxProcessMonitoring
LinuxTopcommandisaperformancemonitoringprogramwhichisusedfrequentlybymanysystemadministratorstomonitorLinuxperformanceanditis
availableundermanyLinux/Unixlikeoperatingsystems.Thetopcommandusedtodipslayalltherunningandactiverealtimeprocessesinorderedlistand
updatesitregularly.ItdisplayCPUusage,Memoryusage,SwapMemory,CacheSize,BufferSize,ProcessPID,User,Commandsandmuchmore.Italso
showshighmemoryandcpuutilizationofarunningprocessess.Thetopcommandismuchuserfulforsystemadministratortomonitorandtakecorrectaction
whenrequired.Letsseetopcommandinaction.
# top
http://www.tecmint.com/command-line-tools-to-monitor-linux-performance/ 1/21
TopCommandExample
FormoreexamplesofTopcommandread:12TOPCommandExamplesinLinux
2.VmStatVirtualMemoryStatistics
LinuxVmStatcommandusedtodisplaystatisticsofvirtualmemory,kernerlthreads,disks,systemprocesses,I/Oblocks,interrupts,CPUactivityandmuch
more.BydefaultvmstatcommandisnotavailableunderLinuxsystemsyouneedtoinstallapackagecalledsysstatthatincludesavmstatprogram.Thecommon
usageofcommandformatis.
# vmstat
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- -----cpu-----

r b swpd free inact active si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa st
1 0 0 810420 97380 70628 0 0 115 4 89 79 1 6 90 3 0
FormoreVmstatexamplesread:6VmstatCommandExamplesinLinux
3.LsofListOpenFiles
LsofcommandusedinmanyLinux/Unixlikesystemthatisusedtodisplaylistofalltheopenfilesandtheprocesses.Theopenfilesincludedarediskfiles,
networksockets,pipes,devicesandprocesses.Oneofthemainreasonforusingthiscommandiswhenadiskcannotbeunmountedanddisplaystheerrorthat
filesarebeingusedoropened.Withthiscommmandyoucaneasilyidentifywhichfilesareinuse.Themostcommonformatforthiscommandis.
# lsof
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME

init 1 root cwd DIR 104,2 4096 2/
init 1 root rtd DIR 104,2 4096 2/
init 1 root txt REG 104,2 38652 17710339 /sbin/init
init 1 root mem REG 104,2 129900 196453 /lib/ld-2.5.so
init 1 root mem REG 104,2 1693812 196454 /lib/libc-2.5.so
init 1 root mem REG 104,2 20668 196479 /lib/libdl-2.5.so
init 1 root mem REG 104,2 245376 196419 /lib/libsepol.so.1
init 1 root mem REG 104,2 93508 196431 /lib/libselinux.so.1
init 1 root 10u FIFO 0,17 953 /dev/initctl
Morelsofcommandusageandexamples:10lsofCommandExamplesinLinux
4.TcpdumpNetworkPacketAnalyzer
TcpdumponeofthemostwidelyusedcommandlinenetworkpacketanalyzerorpacketssnifferprogramthatisusedcaptureorfilterTCP/IPpacketsthat
receivedortransferredonaspecificinterfaceoveranetwork.Italsoprovidesaoptiontosavecapturedpackagesinafileforlateranalysis.tcpdumpisalmost
availableinallmajorLinuxdistributions.
# tcpdump -i eth0
tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
listening on eth0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 bytes
22:08:59.617628 IP tecmint.com.ssh > 115.113.134.3.static-mumbai.vsnl.net.in.28472: P 2532133365:2532133481(116) ack 3561562349 win 9648
22:09:07.653466 IP tecmint.com.ssh > 115.113.134.3.static-mumbai.vsnl.net.in.28472: P 116:232(116) ack 1 win 9648
22:08:59.617916 IP 115.113.134.3.static-mumbai.vsnl.net.in.28472 > tecmint.com.ssh: . ack 116 win 64347
Formoretcpdumpusageread:12TcpdumpCommandExamplesinLinux
5.NetstatNetworkStatistics
Netstatisacommandlinetoolformonitoringincomingandoutgoingnetworkpacketsstatisticsaswellasinterfacestatistics.Itisveryusefultoolforevery
systemadministratortomonitornetworkperformanceandtroubleshootnetworkrelatedproblems.
# netstat -a | more
Active Internet connections (servers and established)

Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:sunrpc *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:realm-rusd *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 localhost.localdomain:ipp *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 localhost.localdomain:smtp *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 localhost.localdomain:smtp localhost.localdomain:42709 TIME_WAIT
tcp 0 0 localhost.localdomain:smtp localhost.localdomain:42710 TIME_WAIT
tcp 0 0 *:http *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:https *:* LISTEN
MoreNetstatexamples:20NetstatCommandExamplesinLinux.
6.HtopLinuxProcessMonitoring
HtopisamuchadvancedinteractiveandrealtimeLinuxprocessmonitoringtool.ThisismuchsimilartoLinuxtopcommandbutithassomerichfeatureslike
userfriendlyinterfacetomanageprocess,shortcutkeys,verticalandhorizontalviewoftheprocessesandmuchmore.Htopisathirdpartytoolanddoesnt
includedinLinuxsystems,youneedtoinstallitusingYUMpackagemanagertool.Formoreinformationoninstallationreadourarticlebelow.
# htop
HtopCommandExampleScreenshot
ForHtopinstallationread:InstallHtop(LinuxProcessMonitoring)inLinux
7.IotopMonitorLinuxDiskI/O
IotopisalsomuchsimilartotopcommandandHtopprogram,butithasaccountingfunctiontomonitoranddisplayrealtimeDiskI/Oandprocesses.Thistool
ismuchusefulforfindingtheexactprocessandhighuseddiskread/writesoftheprocesses.
# iotop
IotopCommandExampleScreenshot
ForIoptopinstallationandusageread:InstallIotopinLinux
8.IostatInput/OutputStatistics
IoStatissimpletoolthatwillcollectandshowsysteminputandoutputstoragedevicestatistics.Thistoolisoftenusedtotracestoragedeviceperformanceissues
includingdevices,localdisks,remotediskssuchasNFS.
# iostat
Linux 2.6.18-238.9.1.el5 (tecmint.com) 09/13/2012
avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle

2.60 3.65 1.04 4.29 0.00 88.42
Device: tps Blk_read/s Blk_wrtn/s Blk_read Blk_wrtn

cciss/c0d0 17.79 545.80 256.52 855159769 401914750
cciss/c0d0p1 0.00 0.00 0.00 5459 3518
cciss/c0d0p2 16.45 533.97 245.18 836631746 384153384
cciss/c0d0p3 0.63 5.58 3.97 8737650 6215544
cciss/c0d0p4 0.00 0.00 0.00 8 0
cciss/c0d0p5 0.63 3.79 5.03 5936778 7882528
cciss/c0d0p6 0.08 2.46 2.34 3847771 3659776
FormoreIostatusageandexamplesvisit:6IostatCommandExamplesinLinux
9.IPTrafRealTimeIPLANMonitoring
IPTrafisanopensourceconsolebasedrealtimenetwork(IPLAN)monitoringutilityforLinux.ItcollectsavarietyofinformationsuchasIPtrafficmonitorthat
passesoverthenetwork,includingTCPflaginformation,ICMPdetails,TCP/UDPtrafficbreakdowns,TCPconnectionpacketandbynecounts.Italsogathers
informationofgeneralanddetaledinterfacestatisticsofTCP,UDP,IP,ICMP,nonIP,IPchecksumerrors,interfaceactivityetc.
IPTrafficMonitor
FormoreinformationandusageofIPTraftool,pleasevisit:IPTrafNetworkMonitoringTool
10.PsacctorAcctMonitorUserActivity
psacctoraccttoolsareveryusefulformonitoringeachusersactivityonthesystem.Bothdaemonsrunsinthebackgroundandkeepsaclosewatchontheoverall
activityofeachuseronthesystemandalsowhatresourcesarebeingconsumedbythem.
Thesetoolsareveryusefulforsystemadministratorstotrackeachusersactivitylikewhattheyaredoing,whatcommandstheyissued,howmuchresourcesare
usedbythem,howlongtheyareactiveonthesystemetc.
ForinstallationandexampleusageofcommandsreadthearticleonMonitorUserActivitywithpsacctoracct
11.MonitLinuxProcessandServicesMonitoring
Monitisafreeopensourceandwebbasedprocesssupervisionutilitythatautomaticallymonitorsandmanagerssystemprocesses,programs,files,directories,
permissions,checksumsandfilesystems.
ItmonitorsserviceslikeApache,MySQL,Mail,FTP,ProFTP,Nginx,SSHandsoon.Thesystemstatuscanbeviewedfromthecommandlineorusingitownweb
interface.
MonitLinuxProcessMonitoring
ReadMore:LinuxProcessMonitoringwithMonit
12.NetHogsMonitorPerProcessNetworkBandwidth
NetHogsisanopensourcenicesmallprogram(similartoLinuxtopcommand)thatkeepsataboneachprocessnetworkactivityonyoursystem.Italsokeepsa
trackofrealtimenetworktrafficbandwidthusedbyeachprogramorapplication.
NetHogsLinuxBandwidthMonitoring
ReadMore:MonitorLinuxNetworkBandwidthUsingNetHogs
13.iftopNetworkBandwidthMonitoring
iftopisanotherterminalbasedfreeopensourcesystemmonitoringutilitythatdisplaysafrequentlyupdatedlistofnetworkbandwidthutilization(sourceand
destinationhosts)thatpassingthroughthenetworkinterfaceonyoursystem.iftopisconsideredfornetworkusage,whattopdoesforCPUusage.iftopisatop
familytoolthatmonitoraselectedinterfaceanddisplaysacurrentbandwidthusagebetweentwohosts.
iftopNetworkBandwidthMonitoring
ReadMore:iftopMonitorNetworkBandwidthUtilization
14.MonitorixSystemandNetworkMonitoring
MonitorixisafreelightweightutilitythatisdesignedtorunandmonitorsystemandnetworkresourcesasmanyaspossibleinLinux/Unixservers.Ithasabuiltin
HTTPwebserverthatregularlycollectssystemandnetworkinformationanddisplaythemingraphs.ItMonitorssystemloadaverageandusage,memory
allocation,diskdriverhealth,systemservices,networkports,mailstatistics(Sendmail,Postfix,Dovecot,etc),MySQLstatisticsandmanymore.Itdesigned
tomonitoroverallsystemperformanceandhelpsindetectingfailures,bottlenecks,abnormalactivitiesetc.
MonitorixMonitoring
ReadMore:MonitorixaSystemandNetworkMonitoringToolforLinux
15.ArpwatchEthernetActivityMonitor
ArpwatchisakindofprogramthatisdesignedtomonitorAddressResolution(MACandIPaddresschanges)ofEthernetnetworktrafficonaLinuxnetwork.It
continuouslykeepswatchonEthernettrafficandproducesalogofIPandMACaddresspairchangesalongwithatimestampsonanetwork.Italsohasafeatureto
sendanemailalertstoadministrator,whenapairingaddedorchanges.ItisveryusefulindetectingARPspoofingonanetwork.
ReadMore:ArpwatchtoMonitorEthernetActivity
16.SuricataNetworkSecurityMonitoring
SuricataisanhighperformanceopensourceNetworkSecurityandIntrusionDetectionandPreventionMonitoringSystemforLinux,FreeBSDand
Windows.ItwasdesignedandownedbyanonprofitfoundationOISF(OpenInformationSecurityFoundation).
ReadMore:SuricataANetworkIntrusionDetectionandPreventionSystem
17.VnStatPHPMonitoringNetworkBandwidth
VnStatPHPawebbasedfrontendapplicationformostpopularnetworkingtoolcalledvnstat.VnStatPHPmonitorsanetworktrafficusageinnicelygraphical
mode.ItdisplaysatotalINandOUTnetworktrafficusageinhourly,daily,monthlyandfullsummaryreport.
ReadMore:VnStatPHPMonitoringNetworkBandwidth
18.NagiosNetwork/ServerMonitoring
Nagiosisanleadingopensourcepowerfulmonitoringsystemthatenablesnetwork/systemadministratorstoidentifyandresolveserverrelatedproblemsbeforethey
affectmajorbusinessprocesses.WiththeNagiossystem,administratorscanabletomonitorremoteLinux,Windows,Switches,RoutersandPrintersonasingle
window.Itshowscriticalwarningsandindicatesifsomethingwentwronginyournetwork/serverwhichindirectlyhelpsyoutobeginremediationprocessesbefore
theyoccur.
ReadMore:InstallNagiosMonitoringSystemtoMonitorRemoteLinux/WindowsHosts
19.Nmon:MonitorLinuxPerformance
Nmon(standsforNigelsperformanceMonitor)tool,whichisusedtomonitorallLinuxresourcessuchasCPU,Memory,DiskUsage,Network,Topprocesses,
NFS,Kernelandmuchmore.Thistoolcomesintwomodes:OnlineModeandCaptureMode.
TheOnlineMode,isusedforrealtimemonitoringandCaptureMode,isusedtostoretheoutputinCSVformatforlaterprocessing.
NmonMonitoring
ReadMore:InstallNmon(PerformanceMonitoring)ToolinLinux
20.Collectl:AllinOnePerformanceMonitoringTool
Collectlisayetanotherpowerfulandfeaturerichcommandlinebasedutility,thatcanbeusedtogatherinformationaboutLinuxsystemresourcessuchasCPU
usage,memory,network,inodes,processes,nfs,tcp,socketsandmuchmore.
CollectlMonitoring
ReadMore:InstallCollectl(AllinOnePerformanceMonitoring)ToolinLinux
WewouldliketoknowwhatkindofmonitoringprogramsyouusetomonitorperformanceofyourLinuxservers?Ifwevemissedanyimportanttoolthatyou
wouldlikeustoincludeinthislist,pleaseinformusviacommentsandpleasedontforgettoshareit.
ReadAlso:13LinuxPerformanceMonitoringToolsPart2
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1. itoctopussays:
September16,2012at7:44pm
WhiletopisoneofthemostusedLinuxtools,itisalsooneofthemostannoying.htopisabetteralternative,butrarearethosesystemadministratorswho
arewillingtoinstallitespeciallyiftheirserverhasalotofsensitiveinformation.
Linuxisreallybehindwhenitcomestoperformancemonitoring,andIdontseeanymajoradvancementsinthisfield15yearsago.
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Victorsays:
April6,2013at8:43pm
Whatsannoyingabouttop..?
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TechieTalkssays:
April7,2013at9:43am
Yeah,Iwonderwhatannoysyou.
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~oliversays:
May4,2013at8:34pm
Iunderstandwhatheissaying.TOPisnotwhereIwouldgofirst.vmstatisstillmyfavoriteforinitialdiagnosis.YoucanuseTOPtodrill
furtherdownintotheissue.
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Joelsays:
March3,2014at3:54pm
Whatstheproblemwithhtopandsensitivedata?Isitknownvulnerableor?
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Craigsays:
July15,2014at2:35pm
Itgivesnearrealtimeinformationaboutprocessesandcankill/examinethem.Thatissensitiveinfo.Ahighpercentageofsoftwareissomewhat
vulnerabletocyberattacks(giveinformationfromthesystemthatcanhelpinattacks),itsaccessthatyoumustpreventotherthangettingridof
usefulsoftware.
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DocSalvagersays:
October8,2014at1:15pm
Itgivesnearrealtimeinformationaboutprocessesandcankill/examinethem.
Onlyifyouhavetheappropriatepermissionsto.Readingitandaffectingitaretwoentirelydifferentthings.
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ovisays:
HowisLinuxbehindwhenitcomestoperformancemonitoring?comparedtowhatOS?LinuxandmostUNIXesofferthepossibilitytoknowatevery
timewhateachprocessisdoing,andtherearenohiddenorbackgroundprocesses.AlittleknowledgeofhowLinuxworkswouldhavestoppedyou
fromutteringsuchanidioticstatement.
IwouldsayLinuxisfaraheadanyothersystemswhenitcomestoperformancemonitoring
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2. FreeLinuxsays:
November19,2012at4:57am
Goodread,IhaveMint13installedandsomeofthesetoolsarenotinstalledbydefault.topis,ofcourse,andisoneofmyfavoritesforagoodsummaryof
currentusageinformation.
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3. Gilanksays:
March4,2013at3:11pm
+1Alsouseddstatcommandtoseeliveprocessofsend/receiveovertheethernet
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4. Jerichosays:
March20,2013at5:44pm
Greatstuff.Ilovejnettop.ItssiimilartoIPTrafbutsuperiortoit,IMO.
Allthetoolsaregreatbutnothingcomparestogettingabaselineonyourserversbeforetheyfreakoutsoyouknowwhatnormalisforthatspecificbox.
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5. Nicolargosays:
April4,2013at11:46pm
AlsohavealookonGlances,anewsystemmonitoringtoolwithCPU,MEM,LOAD,Network,IOdisk,Filesystemandprocessesstats.
WillbeincludedinthenextDebianrelease.
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convergesays:
Glancesisawesome!Justinstalledit,averynicerealtimemonitor.
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6. RahulGhosesays:
April6,2013at2:18pm
Veryinformativeindeed!Iwasfamiliarwithmostitemshere.Netstatisundoubtedlyoneofthemostusedfornetworkmonitoring.Wellmonitcameasa
surprisereally.
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7. Naveensays:
April6,2013at4:18pm
Thanks!
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8. DocJsays:
April6,2013at6:13pm
Nomentionofsar?Inmyopinion,sarisoneofthemostversatiletoolsforsystemperformancemonitoring.Notonlycanyouseestatsinrealtime,but
historicaldataissavedaswell.Thiscanprovidevaluableinsightintowhatisnormal(abaseline,ifyouwill)forsystemperformanceasitrelatestoI/O,
memoryuse,andCPUuse,amongstotherthings.Whiletherestofthesearegoodtools,Imsurprisedthereisabsolutelynomentionofsar.
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RaviSaivesays:
Thearticleisonitsway,willincludesoontothislist..Thanks..
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kalyanisays:
April4,2014at11:32am
IfyoulikesaryouwilldefinitelyfindSeaLion(https://sealion.com)worthit.Itgivessarlikeoutputsinaniceorganizedtimelinetocheckdatainthe
past.
@Ravi,thanks..veryusefularticle.
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9. Marianosays:
April6,2013at9:38pm
Thankyou!
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10. Jonsays:
April7,2013at1:55am
Ilikerainbarftoo.
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11. dclsvsays:
April7,2013at3:19am
Whileallofthesetoolsarenice,Ifindtheapproachofloggingintoeachmachineyoumanagetogetthisinfotobelaborious.
Ifyoucanrunthecommandlocally,youshouldbeabletocreateapluginforNagios(orwhateveryoureusing)topresentthedataaspartofthelarger
picture.
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kevinsays:
January16,2014at11:17am
YoucoulduseSeaLiontodotheworkforyou.Installtheagentonallthosesystemsonce(andjustonecommandtoo!!)andyouaregoodtogo.Most
ofthedefaultcommandwouldservewouldbesufficient,butyoustillgettoaddanyextracommandsyouwanttorunonallthoseservers.Noneedto
sshintoallmachineseverytime.
Nagiosalthoughnotparticularlypainfultouse,usingSeaLionmakesyouwonderjusthoweasyitcanget.
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Aloksays:
June14,2014at1:42pm
WellSaidIamusingit
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12. Xenonsays:
April7,2013at4:48pm
WTF!YouhaveusedPuTTYtointroduceaudiencetoLinuxterminal!?Whydidyoudothistous?AndItsnotatallafulllist.Irecommendusingfree
insteadvmstatbecauseitsmoresimple.Justcheckthisout:
xenon@xenondev:~$freeh
totalusedfreesharedbufferscached
Mem:7,5G4,3G3,2G0B346M2,5G
/+buffers/cache:1,5G6,0G
Swap:1,9G0B1,9G
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13. id_rsasays:
April7,2013at6:02pm
Letmeaddtotopfamilyiftoptool.Itmonitorsspecifiednetworkinterfaceinarealtime.Andthereissstool,thatisdoingalmostthesamejobasnetstat
does,butitissimpler.Finally,thereistoolnamedwatch,whichexecutesaprogramperiodically,showingoutputfullscreen.Thistooldoesntdomonitoring
itself,butcanrunothertools,e.g.watchdfhfordiskspacemonitoring.
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14. Joesays:
iftopismissing!!!
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RaviSaivesays:
April8,2013at5:10pm
Includediftoptoolassuggested..Thanks..
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15. Pawansays:
Veryinformativepost.Inevernewthereweresomanycommandsforsamework.
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16. Eduelocosays:
April26,2013at12:10am
Ifoundnmonquiteuseful.
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17. Alensays:
May4,2013at5:05pm
Quiteusefulcollection.
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18. angelbladesays:
May5,2013at9:13am
iwilladdnmon
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19. Joesays:
May7,2013at8:50pm
Canssgetsomelove?
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20. PhilKingstonsays:
May7,2013at9:31pm
Greatlist.IfyouareanApachehttpduser,Iwouldalsorecommendapachetop:
http://www.fr3nd.net/projects/apachetop/
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RaviSaivesays:
May7,2013at9:33pm
ThanksPhil.
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21. RoseHostingsays:
May8,2013at8:51am
hi,
thanksforsharingsuchagreatpost.Iwantedtoaddatoptothelistasitisverynicetool.reallyyoushouldcheckitifyouhaventalready.
http://linux.die.net/man/1/atop
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22. Manikandansays:
June6,2013at3:59pm
HiFriend,
blogwasveryuse.onemoredoubtcanyouhelpme
Thanks&Regards
Manikandan.K
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RaviSaivesays:
June6,2013at4:08pm
Yes!weareheretohelpyouall.Postyourqueryhere.
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23. joesatchsays:
June6,2013at7:27pm
hithxforsharing.
80%ofthosetoolsihaveusealso.greatinfo
rs
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24. Ganeshsays:
June6,2013at10:24pm
uptimeandprstatcommandsaremissinghere.
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RaviSaivesays:
June7,2013at1:47pm
Willadditthesetwomissingcommandstothelist.
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25. NgocPTsays:
June24,2013at5:31pm
Ithinkdstatisoneofbestcommandformonitoringlinuxsystem??Ialwaysuseiostatanddstat,maybedstatismissinghere
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RaviSaivesays:
June24,2013at7:10pm
Thanks,willsoonbeincludeddstatinthelist.
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26. Yizharsays:
June26,2013at3:36pm
OneofthebestpostinthissubjectweeldoneRavi:)
Iusedforquitlongsomeofthis:htop,iptraf,nmon(shouldaddedassomeoftheguys
said)andothergenralcmdlike:netstat,vmstat,sar,dig,traceroute(shouldadded,defaultinRedHat&SuSE).
TodayIaddedtomyarsenalheabove:iotop,dstat,nethogs,iftop,monit.
Suggestingsomeotherfreestuff(somearebuiltinindistrebutionslike:Ubuntu/mint,Fedora,SuSEandotherbutnotinRedHat5andbelowforexample):
mtrMonitornetworkTRaffice.
iperfIpPerformanceabeatoldschool:)
vnstatAnothernetworkmonitormonitor+logging.
lshwLiStHardWare.
figletbanner.
treeahierarchylookonfilesystem.
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27. Mareksays:
July9,2013at11:18am
IdontseebetweenthemsarstatisticsorKsartool.
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28. Realbandasays:
July12,2013at12:32am
ThisisanamazingreviewThanksforsharing
Keeppostingnewthings..
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29. Lionsays:
July12,2013at12:47pm
IsthereanytoolstomonitortheloadingofGPU?
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30. rigelsays:
July19,2013at1:08pm
IncludeNMON,thisisveryuseful
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RaviSaivesays:
July19,2013at2:17pm
Yes!surelywillwriteuponNMONtool.Thanks..
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31. KarlCramptonsays:
July25,2013at8:31pm
Ithinkaveryusefulcommandiswthisshowswhoisloggedonandwhattheyaredoing.youcanalsousewatchwtoviewthisinformationinrealtime.
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32. DocJsays:
August31,2013at6:39pm
Idontunderstandwhymoreoftheseperformancemonitoringpostsdontmentionsarorksar.Whenyoutalkaboutperformancemonitoring,thesearetwoof
themostusefultoolsoutthere.Topandallofitsvariantsareniceforperformancemonitoringatthetimeyouusethem,buttheydontpublishtoalog(unless
youwhacktogetherascript).
Sarcanbeusedwiththeoflagtodropitsdataintoanoutputfile(whichdefaultsto/var/log/sa/sa`date+%d`and/var/log/sa/sar`date+%d`).Thenyoucan
useamultitudeofflagsagainstthesefilestocheckstatisticsforjustabouteveryconceivablerelevantserverstatistic.
Themanpageisavailablehere:
http://linux.die.net/man/1/sar
Veryusefultool,andIdontthinkitgetsenoughpublicity.
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DocSalvagersays:
Iexpectsomeofthesetoolsareusingsarunderneath.Ivefoundittobetheleastresourceintensivewaytomonitor.
Whereasmostofthesetoolsgiveyoutherealtimepicture,sarcanbecalledeveryfewsecondswithlittlemeasurableCPUusetostoredatahistorically.
ThengraphthatinnearrealtimetoseetrendslikerisingCPUusageandfallingfreememory.
WelldonearticleRavi.
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33. Bhupathisays:
September6,2013at12:07pm
Nicecollectionofcommands.ExplainedwithScreenshotwasagoodrepresentationstyle.Thanksforthat.
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34. RajeshAChivatesays:
Verynice,thanks
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35. Rahulsays:
hiRavi,
Likedyouarticle17CommandLineToolstoMonitorLinuxPerformance
itisveryhelpful
Thanks
Rahul
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36. Tamilselvisays:
Hi,
PleasesuggestmethelistoftoolstomonitortheperformanceoftheLinuxSever.Opensourcewillbeprefered.
Awaitingforthereply..
Thanksinadvance.
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Tamilselvisays:
Irequirethetooltobeinstalledintheclientmachiceanditshouldmonitortheperformanceoftheserver.
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RaviSaivesays:
Youcanselectfromthelistthatsuitsyourneeds.
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37. danielnsays:
November8,2013at10:28pm
YousayOpenSourcePlatformcalledLinuxwhereasyouarereferringtoGNU/Linux.Linuxbeingjustathekernel,GNU/LinuxbeinganOperating
System(whichisnotaplatform).AplatformiscomprisedofanOperatingSystemontopofahardwarearchitecture.
QuiteanoticeablemistakeforaLinuxguru.
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38. samsays:
awesomethanks!
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39. ranganthsays:
usefulinformation..keepitup
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40. JoyBanerjeesays:
December7,2013at12:49am
Thanksthesecommandswillhelpmealot
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41. Shubhanshsays:
December12,2013at6:57pm
ThereisnewcloudbasedserviceSeaLion(https://sealion.com)whichexecutesmanyofthesecommandsbydefaultandotherscanbeadded/modifiedtosee
outputofcommandsonbeautifulwebinterface.
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Shubhanshsays:
Andofcourse,justtoadd,SeaLionisfree:)
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42. raghavsays:
temperaturemonitoring?
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43. raghavsays:
Goodlist.thanks.
canyoualsoincludehowwecanmonitorcpu,gpu,hddtemperature?
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44. Mariosays:
howwouldyoudeterminetheamountofphysicalandvirtualmemoryonaLinuxsystem,anditscurrentusage,inonecommand?
thankyou
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MRMsays:
March17,2014at12:04am
freemwillshowtotal,cache,andusedmemory,quick,simple,builtin.
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45. MarkSmithsays:
NotacommandlinetoolbutifyouarelookingforamonitoringtoolforyourLinuxenvironment,checkouttheeGLinuxmonitoringtoolfromEG
innovations
http://www.eginnovations.com/web/linuxservermonitoring.htm
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46. Sanjaysays:
AGoodhandylistforanoviceLinuxadministratortolookformonitoringhissystemeffectively.Thankyou
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47. JeffMoncrieffsays:
Glanceshouldhavebeenupnearthetop.AsitMonitorseverythinglikediskspacenetworktraffic,Memory,Processes,Temperature(CPU,Disks)
Jeff
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48. nicolassays:
ThankyouRavi,ihadhardtimesearchingtheinternetforpowerfulmonitoringtoolsthatwouldhelpmetoprotectmyserverfromspambots,hackersand
harvesters.
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49. RavindraReddysays:
Thankzzz.
lotsofhelpfulforme.awesome
thanks.
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50. raphaelsays:
Thosetoolsaregenerallyokformonitoring/checkingoneserverbutwhenitcomestomonitoringabunchofthemoracompletedatacentre,bettermoveto
integratedtoolslikeZabbix(http://www.zabbix.com/)whichisamazinglycompleteandflexibletomonitor,catchandalertonanytypeofhardware,
software/servicestatus.Anditisopensourceofcourse.
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51. Cyringsays:
May25,2014at12:00am
AnewvisualtooldesignedforIntelCoreat
code.google.com/p/xfreq
Stillanactivedevelopmentsoftware,itmonitorseachCPUattheassemblylevelusingperformancecounters.
YouwillgetCstates,Frequencies,Tempsansotherfeaturesprovidedbyi7&duolikeprocessors.
LastversionaddskerneltaskschedulinginRTamonglogicalCPU
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52. M.Adelsays:
June25,2014at8:30pm
BWTopCLItooltomonitornetworkinterfacesbandwidthrate:
http://adelmahmoud.wordpress.com/2014/06/24/bwtop/
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53. WellingtonTorrejaisdaSilvasays:
June25,2014at8:32pm
Thanks!!
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54. MichaelRojeksays:
Thefactis,itsnothardtomonitoranddebugLinuxSystemPerformanceproblemsifyouinvestinamonitoringsolutionlikeNetCrunch8
(http://www.adremsoft.com),oranyoftheotherpaidoptionsoutthere.Intheendthequestioncomesdowntowhetherthecostofthesoftwareexceedsthe
valueofyourtimethatyouputintousingmoretimeconsumingoptions.
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55. Corneliusays:
Anotherniceandsmallutilityforaquickoverviewissaidar.
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56. SagarDesaisays:
Thankyouverymuchprovidingthehugecollectionofmonitoringtoolsandcommands.ActuallyIwassearchingforthesameandcameacrossyoursite.I
willtryfewofthesetoolstomonitormysystem.
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57. ShaheryarNajamsays:
Isthereanywaytoaccesspowerutilizationinccode?andsaveittosomevariable?
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58. RedBaronsays:
Whatanamazingarticle.Loveit.Didntknowmostofthosetool.Ireallyfellinlovewithhtop.Theothersarealsonotbadatall.Thankyousomuchforthis
pieceofvaluableinformation.
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RaviSaivesays:
@RedBaron,
Thankforappreciatingourwork:)
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