On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Aviram Jenik wrote:
> Can anybody recommend a good way to really check my server load? I'm
> currently checking the load using uptime (and check the average load
> values), but this hardly seems a good way to really know whether the server
> is 'sweating'.
> Can anybody recommend any better way?
you should be collecting info about CPU usage, disk IO, page in/out
operations, network traffic, etc. then make graphs of all of them, and
make this data visible some way. MRTG could be a good tool for visualizing
this data, provided that you could write the extensins to track resources
that it cannot track out-of-the-box.
no single parameter would tell you the whole truth.
to see disk ip and paging, use 'vmstat' (other unices also have 'iostat'
and 'sar'). note about vmstat - the first line of output is usually
meaningless. running vmstat in a mannaer such as 'vmstat 60' will produce
an output line every 60 seconds. perform that into some file, have that
file's contents processed and injected into MRTG, and there you are.
another option - look for a system monitorying tool (there was a thread
about this a short while ago with many useful links) and let it do the
work of notifying you when your system gets overworked.
guy
"For world domination - press 1,
or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy
=================================================================
To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with
the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command
echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
