Difference between revisions of "Vmstat"

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  $ [[vmstat]] 10
 
  $ [[vmstat]] 10
 
  procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- -----cpu------
 
  procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- -----cpu------
   r  b  swpd  free  buff  cache  si  so    bi    bo  in  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context_switch cs] us sy id wa st
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   r  b  swpd  free  buff  cache  si  so    bi    bo  in  [wikipedia:cs] us sy id wa st
 
   1  0    304 2211340 534660 453608    0    0    2    1    1    0  2  0 97  1  0
 
   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 2211356 534660 453608    0    0    0    5  343 1393  0  0 100  0  0

Revision as of 10:10, 30 March 2009

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------
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   [wikipedia:cs] us sy id wa st
 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

See also