tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006114617625504970.post6677680105803991168..comments2024-02-07T23:38:24.874-05:00Comments on Linux Blog: How to measure and read disk activityDevOpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331067901785181627noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006114617625504970.post-22823045824566128502012-07-26T09:20:45.804-04:002012-07-26T09:20:45.804-04:00Thanks to both of you. Very useful.Thanks to both of you. Very useful.Nick Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13725369971516756817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6006114617625504970.post-19531083372053481272009-02-15T05:07:00.000-05:002009-02-15T05:07:00.000-05:00Really Thanks, I'm interested to know what do thos...Really Thanks, I'm interested to know what do those fields mean ... <BR/><BR/>Have you,also , tried playing with iostat ?<BR/><BR/>You can monitor disk activity using, for example;<BR/><BR/>iostat -xm -d 10<BR/>To get detailed statistics with block size in Megabytes every 10 seconds, that also show the channel saturation percentage that's extremely useful to know how much you disks are loaded <BR/><BR/>You might also need to specify one disk , for example;<BR/>iostat -p /dev/sda -d 10<BR/><BR/>Note: that the 1st reading is the average since the last reboot ...Amr_not_Amrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13587127328874582386noreply@blogger.com