Re: system load

[Viktor Pavlenko <vp@example.com>]

Thanks, Dmytro et al. TLUG is as always useful & fun.

Viktor

Dmytro Kovalov wrote:

> To: tlug@example.com
> Subject: Re: system load
> Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 09:03:57 +0900
> From: Dmytro Kovalov <dmytro.kovalov@example.com>
> 
> 
> 
> vp@example.com said:
> -> Actually, I've been looking for a standard monitoring tool to watch
> -> the system behavior during load tests. I use top but it's rather 
> tiresome.
> 
> You might want to try
> http://freshmeat.net/projects/lavaps/?highlight=lava:
> 
>> LavaPS is an interactive process-tracking program like ``top'', but with
>> a much different attitude. Rather than presenting lots of specific info
>> in digital form, it tries to present certain important information in a
>> graphical analog form. The idea is that you can run it in the background
>> and get a rough idea of what's happening to your system without devoting
>> much concentration to the  task.
> 
> You can just have some fun watching it :)
> 
> vp@example.com said:
> -> Are demanding what? Memory, CPU or both?..
> 
> LavaPS shows both memory and CPU usage (and some other things as well).
> Advantage over top, xload etc. is that you see how the things are
> changed as time goes on.
> 
> vp@example.com said:
> -> Also, I should say that it's HPUX, and I'm sure they won't allow me to
> -> install a nice free monitoring program there...
> 
> You'll nee Tcl/Tk for this, though.
> 
> --
> Dmytro
> 
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