This is a great question. I also struggle a bit with this. Currently I use a combination of top, iotop, iftop and SAR to get an idea of a system's workload but I'm thinking that there might be some better tools that I am not aware of. I would love to hear from some members of the community on tools/tips/strategies for this.
On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 06:55 -0700, Doug Weimer wrote: > Many comments in the 'amount of swap' thread mentioned the importance of > understanding a system's workload. This is something that I often > struggle with. What tools and techniques do you use to better understand > the expected workload for a system? Tools like top, iostat, and vmstat > give a picture of a systems current state. How do you take the next step > to understand why the system is in it's current state and what > changes/upgrades would alleviate the problem? > > Doug > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech@lists.lopsa.org > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
