20 Linux System Monitoring Tools Every SysAdmin Should Know

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#1: top - Process Activity Command 
top/topas(系统版本为5或者高于5的aix的top替代品) 
 

Commonly Used Hot Keys 

The top command provides several useful hot keys: 
Hot Key Usage 
t Displays summary information off and on. 
m Displays memory information off and on. 
A Sorts the display by top consumers of various system resources. Useful for quick identification of performance-hungry tasks on a system. 
f Enters an interactive configuration screen for top. Helpful for setting up top for a specific task. 
o Enables you to interactively select the ordering within top. 
r Issues renice command. 
k Issues kill command. 
z Turn on or off color/mono 

#2: vmstat - System Activity, Hardware and System Information 

The command vmstat reports information about processes, memory, paging, block IO, traps, and cpu activity. 

Php代码 

1. # vmstat 3  

 

Java代码 

1. procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- -----cpu------  
2.  r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa st  
3.  0  0      0 2540988 522188 5130400    0    0     2    32    4    2  4  1 96  0  0  
4.  1  0      0 2540988 522188 5130400    0    0     0   720 1199  665  1  0 99  0  0  
5.  0  0      0 2540956 522188 5130400    0    0     0     0 1151 1569  4  1 95  0  0  
6.  0  0      0 2540956 522188 5130500    0    0     0     6 1117  439  1  0 99  0  0  
7.  0  0      0 2540940 522188 5130512    0    0     0   536 1189  932  1  0 98  0  0  
8.  0  0      0 2538444 522188 5130588    0    0     0     0 1187 1417  4  1 96  0  0  
9.  0  0      0 2490060 522188 5130640    0    0     0    18 1253 1123  5  1 94  0  0  

#3: w - Find Out Who Is Logged on And What They Are Doing 
#4: uptime - Tell How Long The System Has Been Running 
#5: ps - Displays The Processes 
#6: free - Memory Usage 
The command free displays the total amount of free and used physical and swap memory in the system, as well as the buffers used by the kernel. 
#7: iostat - Average CPU Load, Disk Activity 
#8: sar - Collect and Report System Activity 
#9: mpstat - Multiprocessor Usage 
The mpstat command displays activities for each available processor, processor 0 being the first one. mpstat -P ALL to display average CPU utilization per processor: 
#10: pmap - Process Memory Usage 
The command pmap report memory map of a process. Use this command to find out causes of memory bottlenecks. 
#11 and #12: netstat and ss - Network Statistics 
#13: iptraf - Real-time Network Statistics 
#14: tcpdump - Detailed Network Traffic Analysis 
#15: strace - System Calls 
#16: /Proc file system - Various Kernel Statistics 
17#: Nagios - Server And Network Monitoring 
18#: Cacti - Web-based Monitoring Tool 
#19: KDE System Guard - Real-time Systems Reporting and Graphing 
#20: Gnome System Monitor - Real-time Systems Reporting and Graphing 

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